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Week 02 | Computer-Controlled Cutting

[Tl;dr] Joined class late, make-up week.

This week's assignment is to 1) cut something on the vinylcutter design, 2) lasercut, and document a parametric construction kit.

Things I did for this week:

  • Cut a sticker on vinylcutter

Vinylcut a sticker

This is make-up week and I got lucky that Catherine walked me through the process of how to use the vinylcutter.

To start with something simple, I want to cut a sticker. Firstly I went to the vinylcutter station at REEF. alt text

Cutting

The cutting procedure is pretty much the same as the intruction sheet besides the machine: I opened the software, started a new project. SinceI wanted to try something simple first, I just chose a star shape. alt text After placeing the design at the upper-left corner, I cut out the vinyl material at put it at the same place on the matrix board. alt text alt text

I then chose the corresponding type of material I used in Circut and placed the board into the machine. alt text alt text Press start button and enjoyed the speed cut of the machine. alt text Here is the cut outcome from the machine :) alt text

Transferring

The next step was to transfer my cut to where I wanted to put it, in which case, on the back of my phone. I first peeled off the extra vinyl that I didn't need. alt text alt text Catherine showed me where to find the transfer material. I cut out the size I need, peeled of the tape and pasted it onto the sticker I made. alt text alt text alt text alt text The I peeled of the sticker with the transfer tape, and pasted the whole thing onto the back of my phone, carefully removed the transfer tape. alt text alt text

Outcome

And now I have a star at the back of my phone! <3 alt text