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Design Project · 5 weeks ·
Six by Six
You get a six-foot cube of space in a place people already pass through, and a pile of lumber. What goes there is yours to work out, and you have to prove it was worth building.
Notes on technological design
Guides, experiments, and classroom design projects from Fox Bright, a technological design teacher. Making things with printers, lasers, mills, moulds, CAD, and a bit of AI.
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Design Project · 4 weeks ·
Modular desk lamp
A four-week build that combines three processes in one product. Mill a hardwood base, vacuum form a shade over a mould you make yourself, and print the joint that connects the two.
Design Project · 1 lesson ·
Laser-cut phone stand
A one-lesson project. Model a two-piece slot-together stand in Fusion and cut it from 3 mm plywood so the slots hold without glue.
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Measuring with calipers
Calipers measure three ways, across a part with the big jaws, inside a hole with the small jaws, and down into a hole with the rod on the end. How to hold them for each, what the number means, and how to write it down so you can model from it.
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Fasteners, explained
How to read a screw or bolt by its head, drive, thread, length and material, so you can name it, find a match, and take a product apart without stripping anything.
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Kerf, explained
The laser removes a sliver of material on every cut. Here is how to measure it on your machine and design joints that account for it.
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