Laser Cutter Project Reflection
To me, the highlight of the laser cutter project was having the ability to use the laser cutter for the first time. It is something that I have never used before and this project gave me the opportunity to use it for the first time. Something that I thought worked well for this project was when we were grouped together with people who had a similar gear to me. I think this was helpful because we were able to help each other with similar projects. Also, my partner, Stevie had more experience with illustrator than I did. This helped me quite a bit in the long run because it did not take as much time.
I would say that the hardest part of this project was getting the measurements correct for the plate of the gears. It was something that both my partner and I had struggled with. We ended up having to reprint these pieces twice. Luckily, the third time worked best and our gears work with out a problem! Looking back on this project, I do not think there is anything that Brendan should really change. I appreciated that he showed us step-by-step what we needed to do to make our gears the best that we could.
For this project, my gears are used to gradually increase speed. For example, we could use these gears in a motor or a transmission if we were re-creating them. After seeing examples of other projects in my class, I do not think that my project should be placed onto Brendans DP. There were some more extremely complicated and amazing gears that people made. The ones that were "mic-dropping" are the ones that deserve to have the recognition on another Digital Portfolio.
I would say that the hardest part of this project was getting the measurements correct for the plate of the gears. It was something that both my partner and I had struggled with. We ended up having to reprint these pieces twice. Luckily, the third time worked best and our gears work with out a problem! Looking back on this project, I do not think there is anything that Brendan should really change. I appreciated that he showed us step-by-step what we needed to do to make our gears the best that we could.
For this project, my gears are used to gradually increase speed. For example, we could use these gears in a motor or a transmission if we were re-creating them. After seeing examples of other projects in my class, I do not think that my project should be placed onto Brendans DP. There were some more extremely complicated and amazing gears that people made. The ones that were "mic-dropping" are the ones that deserve to have the recognition on another Digital Portfolio.