Liang Zhipeng

liang_zp@mit.edu
This week we explore vinyl cutting and laser cutting.

Made a Cardboard Gauge first laser cut gauge cut 2 of this.



4mm

Seems 4.0mm to 4.0mm is the best fit.



tiny parts

Cardboard orientation matters when cutting small parts!



I want to make a flower lamp shade with different shape configurations

cut file

Finished the design! selflock cage in the center, holding 8 piece of blades. Assembly will be tricky, need to keep all parts loose at a certain step :D Using ML logo cut outs for star effect duh.



Assembly! Step by step

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3. Put them together like this just for now.

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add a renforcement back bone to the blade



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9. This step is tricky!

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10. Every part has to be hanging loose.

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11. This is actually the first fixed piece.

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12. Pushing them together,creating a lock between inside and outside ring.

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13. Take a little break.

14. Take another one.

15. Turn it over.

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16. The second in/out lock

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17. In position!

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18.Finally little pins hold everything together.

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19. 8 of them!

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20. Done!

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21. Form 1

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22. Form 1 from underneath

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23. Form 2

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24. Form 2 from underneath

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25. Form 3, and it moves in wind :) 1



Too loaded this week to do Vinyl this week, but i did a project before with Zund cutter.

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End of today :)