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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.
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 · 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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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.
Design Project · 5 weeks ·
Structures for animals
Design and build a structure for an animal that will actually use it. A solitary bee hotel, a bird or bat box, a cat tower, a catio, a dog house. The client cannot read your drawings, so the research has to be right.
Design Project · 4 weeks ·
Concrete casting with 3D-printed moulds
Design an object in Fusion, turn it inside out into a printed mould, and cast it in concrete. A planter, a speaker body, a desk organizer, or the heavy base of a lamp. The print is the tool; the concrete is the product.
Design Project · 4 weeks ·
A DIY speaker
Design and build a small speaker from a driver, an amplifier board and a box you designed for that driver. The box is the product. Its volume, its port and its stiffness decide how it sounds as much as the driver does.
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