Upon reflection, this module has been immensely productive as I have learnt many new skills, have been enabled to use complex software and have gained a vast amount of knowledge in different Digital Fabrication methods. I have genuinely really enjoyed learning new practical skills and more about coding, I only wish that this was a […]
Throughout the past few weeks, we engaged in a group project, to put in to practice some of the new skills we had learnt. I formed a team with Alice and Theo. This worked very well as me and Alice had already worked as a team throughout the entire module as we shared notes and […]
This week after learning about CNC machines and types of moulding and casting, we made chocolate tile parts in fusion 360 of 30x30x5 and generated its tool path, to cut it out of a 50x50x10 block. In creating my tile I used some of the techniques that I had used in the second week of […]
This week we learnt about 3D printing and scanning, initially by going on a tour of the 3D printing suite on campus, this was really interesting as we could see the scale and detail of objects that could be printed and scanned- as well as different texture, filaments, speeds and quality based on the way […]
We started this week by downloading the Arduino (IDE) software and learnt about AVR and micro-controllers as simpler computers with lots of peripherals inside that can remember data and talk to other micro-controllers etc. We then downloaded a couple libraries for the Arduino software and plugged in our programmers and began the process via ISP […]
For this week we first learnt about lots of different components such as resistors, capacitors and diodes etc. We then went on to learn how to use Eagle (Software), which I have to admit, I found quite confusing and tricky at the beginning (and probably still a little bit at the end), especially due to […]
For electronics production we started by learning how to make a circuit and to use the milling machine so that we could mill our own boards later on, for this, I took notes whilst being instructed on how to use the machine, which I then referred back to when I milled a board myself. I […]
During week 3, we learnt the basics about laser cutting/CNC, in the session we established to health and safety aspects to the cutting and how to use the correct settings on the computer and the laser cutter itself, in order to avoid too many mistakes or damage to the work and cutter. I made notes […]
This week we learnt how to create 3D structures within Fusion 360 (CAD/CAM). Starting by creating dice as a way of learning the basic tools and functions of the program. Initially, I made the mistake of using the create tool to make a cube which did not allow me to then fillet the edges as […]
I have created this blog to document my progress throughout the ‘Digital Fabrication’ module in the ‘Fab Lab’. So far the process of setting up a blog has been easy as the accessibility of WordPress has allowed me to customise its functionality and aesthetics without much prior knowledge. Being able to choose a basic theme […]