DESIGN & MANUFACTURING
Understanding need finding, conceptual design,
product definition; learning manufacturing processes
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PLAQUE
- Material: bronze
- Sand casted plaque with given pattern
- Removed riser/extra material
- Sanded and finished
MAGNIFYING GLASS
- Materials: brass, black delrin, acrylic
- Turned handle on lathe (shaped and threaded)
- Turned top piece on lathe; milled lug nut (shaped and tapped thread)
- Turned lens on lathe (shaped)
- Welded top piece and lug nut
- Sanded and buffed top piece
- Sanded and buffed lens
ILLUMINATION
- A Gandalf the Grey inspired stick shift knob
- Materials: modulan, brass, ABS, crystal
- Carved pattern for knob into modulan
- Created gate and riser for pattern board
- Sanded pattern, gate, and riser to appropriate draft angle
- Assembled pattern board
- Sand casted pattern
- Cut off riser, gate, excess material
- Lightly sanded main piece
- Tapped thread into knob
- Drilled hole for crystal
- Turned adapter piece on lathe (shaped and threaded)