Month: January 2022

For my Semester 1 exam project, I was given two choices; those being either make a toy that has a function or purpose or make a succulent plant vase. I thought about it for a day and brainstormed ideas of each weighing which was the best. I chose to make a Succulent plant holder because in my room at home I have a corner of my room that has succulent plants under a huge light that my mom forces me to keep in my room. ( reason being is because my room is in the basement it is the perfect density for the plants to thrive as my Mom says)

To start off I went to a few different sites that show 3-D printed designs to get ideas that would work or not. One of those sites being Thingiverse and I searched Succulent holder vase. I looked at them and began my design. I knew that I would want 3 different pots in one big vase and have a little water reserve type thing at the bottom. So I began tinkering around on TinkerCad and building my device. After building a water reserve at the bottom and the three vases above I knew I needed a drain, so I searched on Thingiverse a “drain”. I decided to use one of the first that came up for a sink. One challenge I faced was that when I first started to print it and I came back the next day and it was a designer error which is linked below. The error was that the water would not drain down to the drainage hole where I anticipate the water going after the succulent uses most of the nutrients in water and it filters down to the bottom.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rmn1BFWr8sEA2ALTIoZTjTcgccT0SmZU/view?usp=sharing

One thing I would like to fix is make the drainage system better as it isnt very good. Also I would like to make the stairs more symmetrical.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10wyMHb1XCsKM7gD0cAj8bKIMYYE08BLu/view?usp=sharing

The final product before the water dissolves the dissolvable PLA ^^^

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16WaOVNnwbhE1hkn1ZD-3pycPvGfiikUWv8rMH2xt-5A/edit?usp=sharing

I decided for my choice project I was going to do a paper towel holder tinkering with TinkerCad. Recently, at my house, I noticed that our paper towel just kind of stands alone and it doesn’t look aesthetically pleasing to me. So I decided that I would make one at school in my favorite class, Science for Inventors. While doing this project I learned that I don’t necessarily have to use screws to connect the long arms that will hang from the ceiling. However, I knew that I would have to screw it into the wall in order for it to be secure. I also learned the sizing of the hole I would have to make for the screws to fit in perfectly. In order for the two pillars to connect, the one that has the indent in it would have to be identical to the diameter to the other one, In order to make this work I made a identical pillar to the one that would hold the paper towel and I turned it 90 degrees on its side and made it into a hole. Then I layer it on top of the other cylinder. I don’t think I can pursue this project anymore, however, this is a great gateway for me to start making other everyday household objects.

Hello, I am Charley, a sophomore in high school, and I am looking forward to going to college after high school, hopefully getting a four-year bachelors’ degree, a four-year medical degree, and four years of residency. Then after those 12 years of college, I hope to complete a fellowship program and find a job as an anesthesiologist. I took the class Science for Inventors (SFI) because I wanted to further my knowledge into the three subjects this class focuses on, 3-d Printing, Lasers utilizing our amazing Planetarium at MSHS, and Virtual Reality. I am mentally inclined in the Lasers field because it uses a program that I have used before in school so I have previous knowledge that helps me. I also like to think I am a good constructor but there’s a lot I am looking forward to learning using the 3-d printers. I am really interested in making projects for myself using the 3-d printers printing things that I think should be a thing or even cool things I like that I can put into my room. The biggest challenge I am not looking forward to is the switch from Tinkercad to Fusion360. I have tried Fusion360 but I am just not there, yet.