Press-Fit Construction Kit

I decided to take the assignment at its literal context and make a kit such as legos, k-nex, or anything else that you may have played with as a kid.

The 8 basic pieces are shown here:

The cardboard planks are 3 inches, 4.5 inches, and 6 inches long. The round pieces allow for more complex shapes to be created through the addition of 45 degree angles and the acrylic rods allow for the addition of rotational movement.

The parts were all designed in Solidworks, drawing files were then saved as .dxf, edited in Omax layout, and then imported into Corel Draw for use with the Universal laser cutter.

What can you make?

An awesome person...

Or a swing…

Or an unmanned ground vehicle (I know, it’s a stretch)…

Or a totally awesome catapult to attack other people in your lab…

Or anything else you want

Laser Cutter Specifications

Cardboard (.dxf)

· .155 inch slots

· 40% power, 10% speed

Acrylic (.dxf)

· .035 slots (to depress ends and release from holes)

· 100% power, 4% speed

Always make tight arrays to save material (.dxf)