Table Design Project

Project Reflection:

I was really excited to build something this week. I started by looking at Japanese table designs for inspiration. This week ended up being harder than I expected though.

I started by looking over some chair designs for inspiration and ended up deciding that rather be super ambitious and build a massive chair, I would first build a small table that bends. I started by making the table in Fusion and then laying the table flat in Fusion in order to be able to make the living hinge pattern. This was fairly simple to do. I then was able to transfer this DXF file to Carbide Create. I then saw the wood that the Harvard shop used. I was not sure that this wood would be able to bend so I also made some holes in order to push-fit legs for the table.

Design Setup:

Joe in the REEF helped me get the right configuration for the design file which was very helpful and also helped me get setup on the CNC machine. I uploaded the file to the machine and it started running. Overall it was pretty simple. As I thought initially, the wood did end up breaking. I should also add that due to time constraints, I only cut the living hinges on one side.

Assembly Adjustments:

I then waited and realized after it was cut it needed some fixing. Most tragically, my living hinges snapped off and broke so I had to use the bases I made. I push-fitted them in, but only one was sturdy so I decided to just drill them in. I was able to do this and then drilled another plane vertically because I like the overhang. I then had to saw a bit off to even out the legs. This was a little wobbly but I realized that if I added some weight to the base side it would stay. I then had a nice setup for a standing desk.

Group Proejct:

Joe gave me the lab saftey training but due to time constratints, we were not able to test the differnt toolpaths and materials of our machine. Joe gave us an overivew of the way the Harvard one works, and it is supposed to only be used for wood. The speed is set programaticlaly.