Idea to Creation of my project
At the beginning of this project I was going to make a phone holder but I decided that a toothbrush holder would suit me better. To begin I made a sketch of what I wanted to make my toothbrush holder to look like. I put some dimensions on it and I was ready to go an design my object. I came across some problems making my toothbrush holder exactly how I wanted it so I changed it up a little bit. I originally wanted a base and a pole with four loops coming off but this was not possible to I made a cylinder and went from there. I made a base with a thick cylinder on top and etched in my four spots for my toothbrushes. Once this was done I downloaded my data to my hard drive and transported it to the 3D printer and let it do its work. After a decent amount of hours my project was complete and I was on my way.
My Recipe
After beginning to create my project, I started to realize that I was not going to be able to create the holder I intended on making. Now I had re-imagined how I was going to make it and went from there I made a circular base and added a cylinder on top. From here I knew I was going to add a cool design on the top.
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My digital documents
My Maker bot Setup
3D printer in action
Finally, the toothbrush holder in action
Summary of what I learned
After this second go around of using the 3D printer, I learned a lot more. The first go around I was getting used to things and eventually got the hang of it. I was able to design all of my objects pretty easily and got the object I wanted printed out. This time I had to design my project from scratch. I had to think of what I wanted it to look like and bring it to life. I learned that some things are not very easy to design so it took me a bit of time to gather what I really wanted to do and get started. I made my object easier to design but still made sure it was somewhat complex. I learned how to use some more tools and was on my way to finishing my first toothbrush holder. This time around I still remembered everything I needed to do to actually print off my object. I put in everything I needed and out came my toothbrush holder.