This week I began programming this website, getting some crude functional html to begin documenting my progress with HTMAA. I uploaded the signed student agreement and am all set up with Forgejo.
For this assignment, I decided to cut the logo from the videogame "Undertale" onto my personal water bottle. I used the Roland machine in EDS to cut out the design, transfered it to a sticker, and then pasted it onto my water bottle (It's a little hard to see because it is blue vynil on a blue bottle)
My primary task of this week is to build a laser cut ragdoll version of my final project, which is going to be a modular robot.
The main goal was to build an octagonal box with snap joints and slots for modularity. However, from the first round of cuttig, I learned that snap joints are not effective for cardboard material, considering how cardboard isn't exactly solid.
I then pivoted to hedge joints. With my design, you would pinch the thick side, creating a chamfer, slide it into the hole of the other piece, and use a pinched wedge to fix it in place. The parametrized design allowed me to find the perfect sizes reasonably quickly. There are six distinct pieces in total:
Additionally, to make the sides of the box flush, I cut out a finger joint pattern with parametric sizes. This joint does not require to take any of the stress, but it allows the entire piece to sit flush. Below is the layout of the materials required for one individual module. Modules can be linked together indefinitely via the little tab that sticks out the front and back
The assembly is very straightforward, but a little finicky since there's a lot fo parts; joining the top hexagon at the end is difficult since it has to fit six slots at once, but the final product is highly stable and very strong. It does not require any glue whatsoever
The final product
