This week our sophomores worked on some chairs of their own. Each student was tasked with creating 5 different chairs utilizing different types of modeling techniques, including Loft, Sweep, Revolve, and Surface modeling. Our sophomores are utilizing Onshape during remote learning because it is a great web based CAD system. In our shop, we have …
Week in Review – 11/30 – 12/4
With the Thanksgiving Holiday behind us, we decided to focus our CAD efforts on some items we used quite a bit recently - cutlery. Spoons, forks, and knives are a bit harder to model than one might think, but the upperclass students did an excellent job tackling this difficult challenge. See their efforts below. Our …
Week in Review – 11/23 – 11/27
A short week, but still we try and get some work done before the Thanksgiving holiday. The Juniors and Seniors used the 2 full days of class to create custom lamps in Fusion 360. In creating these lamps, they learned about surface modeling, complex lofts, and the emissive feature in the rendering engine. We hope …
Week in Review
Last week the Juniors and Seniors finished up their custom chair projects. This project was focused on creating custom chairs from a single 4x8 piece of material. By doing so, students can emulate fabricating furniture using our new Techno CNC router. The Sophomores continued with programming with Mr. Christy, and began their Chess set project. …
Move Complete! Just need students…
Well, the move to our new space has been officially completed. Mr. Christy and Mr. Lewkowitz spent much of their time since school was suspended in March moving tools, materials, and everything else needed for the shop into the new space. It looks great, and we are eager to get students into the space and …
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