Pre-Search.
These were the ideas that I had for my final Project but I ended up choosing the personalized wooden rifle case.
This was my gantt chart for the project.
These were some of the designs that we worked on for the cover.
The one that I ended up using for the cover is the one on the left.
These were the handles that I created for the gun case.
The one that I choose to use is the one on the left/right.
Corner piece designs.
These were the designs that I created for the corners of the case so it would have a cleaner look.
Designs of project parts.
These are the parts that I made before I realized that I had to make a little bit of a box on top and bottom.
All These parts created this assembly.
These are the pieces that I ended up using.
This is what the final pieces of the project made.
This is what I used to figure how much board foot I was going to need.
This was generated by a board foot tabulator.
This is what my lumber list looked like.
This was generated by Shawano Hardwoods.
These are the pieces of wood for the case.
Building process.
This was the process that I went through when cutting and gluing my project. Which I repeated once for the bottom pieces and once for the top pieces.
This is the cover being engraved, also it is what it looked like when it was done.
The one on the left is half way done and the one on the right is completely done.
This is me sanding the project.
This process took over four days, I even had to take a sander home in order to finish it.
This is the vinyl that I put on the inside cover so I could use 3 machines.
This is me putting the hinges, clamps, and handle on the case.
Before and after the corner covers were put on.
This is what the final case looks like completed.
In this project and throughout the semester I learned how to use the laser engraver, the vinyl cutter and the 3-D printer again and I learned how to use Illustrator and Inventor better than I did. Another thing I learned was to not procrastinate and wait until the very end to build something that I should of been working on all semester. Just like Mr. Willauer said and I quote, "Imagine if you would have started three months ago instead of three weeks ago." I'm pretty sure that this means that if I would not of waited to get this done it would have looked a lot nicer than it did. I also learned that I should read and pay more attention to detail in order to get things done.
At the end of this semester I didn't need as much Help with things that I did in the beginning of the semester because of this project. During the last few weeks that I had to complete my project I learned some new ways to sand and overcome mistakes such as making the wrong cuts or wrong measurements. All in all this project has been a fun and difficult way to wrap up the semester in Big IDEA.
At the end of this semester I didn't need as much Help with things that I did in the beginning of the semester because of this project. During the last few weeks that I had to complete my project I learned some new ways to sand and overcome mistakes such as making the wrong cuts or wrong measurements. All in all this project has been a fun and difficult way to wrap up the semester in Big IDEA.