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COMPUTER-CONTROLLED CUTTING

This week, I learned how to use vinyl cutter and laser cutter, and made this website.

For vinyl cutter assignment, I made a logo sticker for a open sourced project I involved, called Therapeutics Data Commons. Fortunately I found similar colored vinyl papers from the lab and made the sticker with multiple colors! I first wanted to cut the logo itself, but found the font size is too small that I cannot take it completely. Thus I decided to cut the background. To color it, I paste the colored vinyl paper from back at the corresponding positions. It looks good!

For laser cutter assignment, I made a holder for my projector with carboard. I like lying down when watching movies at home so I need my projector to stably face both forward and upward. I obtained the size parameters of my projector from internet and designed the shape of cardboard pieces to fit it. I used Abode Illustrator for designing this project and exported as SVG format. After testing the joint size (4.0 mm), I cutted the parts and ensembled them. It went smoother than I thought.