Starting my second semester at Swarthmore College, I began working in the Maker Space. I work a few shifts a week as a tech, helping people learn how to use tools to make things out of wood, sew, vinyl cut, laser cut, and 3d print. I am also able to work on independent projects and clean/maintain the space.
Wooden Step-Stool I designed and made for my hydrogen fuel cell team
Color-changing LED sign board with a wooden frame and frosted acrylic top piece
Laser Cut Jewerly video made for the Swarthmore Makerspace Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swarthmore_makerspace/
Inspired by the guitar stand, I wanted to make a chair that would loosely belong in a set. I learned that woodworking is so much more powerful when it is a component of a set or there are other things to go along with it. My first version was a draft that was optimized to be made out of one piece of plywood I found in the shop, which resulted in it being very small. The second version was larger, and I used a CNC router to cut the three main pieces, one of which includes a dato slot. Then the angles were cut on the table saw.
3 Piece Wooden Chair - The first version
Pedal Board
Laser cut wood grain experiments
The guitar stand was the first project that I made in the semester. It was my own design and a way to simply make a guitar stand out of a 2x4, but with complex angles, joints, and cuts. I first designed it in Fusion 360 and then cut the pieces and assembled them.
Horizontal Wind Turbine. With laser-cut and 3D-printed components, this windmill converts wind into energy using a small DC motor, gear reduction, and ball bearings. The turbine itself is made out of thin paper, wooden scewers, and 3d printed connections. It is constructed to be a contained system that does not collide with any other objects.