Assembling the final lamp components

I drilled holes into the lamp base to fit a switch into the side and holes for screws to go into that will secure the base plate and top base cover.

Then It was just a matter of piecing the components together, adding spacers and fibre washers where needed to stop metal parts from rubbing against each other.

I sanded and polished the lamp shade to make it look more like glass...

The tech pack assembly involved soldering wires together. I used a small amount of hot glue to secure the bulb in the lamp shade.

Epic insane 3D printing vacuum forming mutant adventure- Part 2

 Okay, so I re printed the lamp head. This time I will be using a different method to vacuum forming though...

 I sanded, smoothed and painted the 3D lamp shade...

Then I made a mould. I made a watertight acrylic housing. I inserted the 3D lamp shade into the housing and poured dental alginate (a rubbery moulding substance) into the negative space (the space between the housing and the 3D printed part.

This resulted in a outer mould. I used the same process to form an inner mould...
Then I was able to cast clear casting resin into the negative space (space between outer and inner mould).

Epic insane 3D printing vacuum forming mutant adventure- Part 1

 So I saw a overturned vending machine. Kids these days... Little did I know, it was a sign of the overturnedness of the day yet to come...

 Here is that awesome Dan guy, helping me with the 3D printer like a boss (material addition boss extrude, that is...).

The resultant part looks shweet as. It will form a base  of which I will use to create moulds. I will then cast resin into those moulds to form a clear cast resin lamp head...

 When vacuum forming the part didn't go well. It got too hot and melted/ dis-formed the 3D printed part. The plastic was also impossible to get off of the 3D printed part without destroying them all.

Computer building

 So I have been swapping out my old computer case for a new one. I also have upgraded my RAM from 2 gigs to 4 gigs to help run SolidWorks better.

I also have added a sound card.

Lots of wires and clips to sort out!

Lathing fastners

 I have spent a lot of time lathing up the fasteners for my lamp. I used the digital read-out lathe as it is quicker when making multiples of the same part. In total there are 28 individual pieces...

I then threaded them to make a sort of bolt.

 Below- digital read-out lathe.

Laser cutting quote

Here is a quote that I sent to all of the local laser cutters...

Project plan - Gant chart

This is a Gant chart created to help organise and identify the crutial tasks needed to finish all assignments on time.