MS+S2+Elective+-+Jin

=**Design Folder - Jin Cha**=

Why and how do people need to organize themselves in different ways? Or how do I stop getting detentions for forgetting my homework?
 * The Unit Question:**

Why and how would people want to organize themselves? Why do we need to organize ourselves, and if I do organize myself, will I not get detentions?
 * The Unit question in my own words:**

Because there are lots of books in my house, I don't usually put my books, but just leave them, so my room is always a mess, filled with books. Also, even if I put my books back on the shelf, there are just so much books, and we (me and my sister) don't put the books neatly, so the books all fall to one side, and it looks really messy. I need to organize my room at least once a week because of all the books around, and because of the books, I sometimes cannot find my homework for school the next day. = =
 * How is the Unit Question Relevant to me?**

**Evidence**


In my house, I have lots and lots of books. Some of them are school books, and some of them are just for reading. Whenever I choose a book to read, if it is a school book or just my book, when I'm finished reading, I don't place the book back in the bookshelf, but just leave them open or closed on the space I have read it. So whenever I stop reading and look around, my room is all messed up with books everywhere. Even if I do place it, I do not put the books back in neatly, so the books all fall to one side, and some books fall. Further more, when I go somewhere or outside of my room for a hour or so, my maid comes into my room and if there are books all over, she just stacks them up and puts them usually on my desk, so my desk is always filled with stacked books, and I have small space to do my homework or to study. Also, there are always small stuffs lying in my desk, whether that is small hairpin, or lots of different kinds of erasers or pens without caps. Because of those things, it is hard for me to study on my desk, and it is really annoying.

=**Inspiration/Existing Products**=

This is a book organizer, with different colors. People use this to put books in for specific topics/matters and some put the books in the organizer back in the book shelf, and some use this as a book shelf. It can be made very simply, and some people use it as a book holder, which pushes stacked books from both side so that the books won't fall in one direction



This is also an book organizer, which acts as a book holder too. Both sides of it are open, which makes it easy for the person to put books in, because it doesn't matter where you put the books in.

**Important Guiding Questions**
= = - Can I build this design with the material available? - Which tools do I need during this process?/Are they available? - Does the tools I use during the creating process safe to use (Without any broken pieces or pieces that are stuck in the machine)? - Do I know the way to use the tools safely during the creation process? - How much time/classes would it take for me to make this product? - How much time do I have to make this product? - What can I do to make my product safe for my targeted audience?/If not, what can I do to improve on the safety of my product? - Are there other materials/designs I want to add on this product? - Will the materials I use for this product be safe for my targeted audience?/Will there be any safety issues about this product?
 * -** Does the design I chose meet the requirements of the Unit Question?
 * -** Can I build this design?/Is this design realistic?

=**Design**=

**Design Brief**
To prevent books/small pieces of stuffs that I don't need being stacked all over my desk and books falling down and looking really messy even on the bookshelf, I will build a product that would help me organize my desk/my books. This product will be useful to me because I can organize the books that are stacked up on my desk or all around my room into one space, and organize it later on the weekend.

**Design Specification**
- This product should be made out of soft wood so that it wouldn't break even if I accidentally drop it. - This product must be able to stay on my desk/should be balanced - This product should be pretty light and less than 1kg - This product will have to not have hard edges that might trigger accidents, and if it does have hard edges, it will be smoothed out

**Design #1**
This design supports books from both sides. The books in my house all fall to one side even when I put it back on the shelf, which makes it look very disorganized, and hard to get books that are t the bottom of the fallen pile. Because of that, this book holders will hold the books from both side, giving pressure which will make the books stay in its place. Also, I made the inside of the holder hollow, so I can book some books that doesn't really belong in my or are loose, like "Times" or different newspapers and magazines.

**Design #2**
== This is my second design**.** It is designed to be a drawer, where I can put my small stuffs in. On my desk, there are many small stuffs like erasers, pencils, rubber bands, clips, pen drives... much more. I can divide the places of this drawer, and put different stuffs in each level. For example, I can maybe put all the erasers in one space, and pencils in another. If an object doesn't belong anywhere, the bottom level may be where I put all my random stuffs in.

**Design #3- My final Design **
This is my third design. It has a diamond shape on the top so when I'm reading a book, and I have to stop in the middle for something, (bathroom, eating, T.V, homework...) then I can put my book right on the top of this, so that the page I have read wouldn't get mixed up. The hollow part inside can help as well, because when I'm finished with a book and get lazy enough to not put it back, I can just put it in the hollow space, and clean it later.

My final Design will be design #3. The reason I chose it is because design 3 requires less material than others, and it is a new design that i thought of. The other 2 designs are already in use and are common, so I chose my 3rd design, which is not very common. Also, it will be useful for me than the other designs, because this design can effectively clean all the books laid out in my bed, my room, and let me find my homework easily.
 * My Final Design**

Plan

 * Will be made out of plywood and pine.
 * The ply wood would make the shape of a diamond.
 * The bottom part (supporting part) has to be made out of soft pine, so that when it accidentally falls, it will usually fall on the bottom so the bottom should be soft so that it wouldn't break/For me and my sister's safety.
 * Will use the 45 degree ruler/machine to get the degree of my product right.
 * The hard plywood will be soften out with different machines (sanding)
 * I will do edge bending so that nobody in my house would get hurt from sharp wood.

Plan Production
(1. Use machines to cut 4 8 1/2 inch by 8 inch plywood, and 2 triangular prism (right angle) that is 2 inch by 2 inch, and is 8 inches long (2. After cutting, connect the 4 ply woods together so it would form a diamond shape, using glue (maybe nails) (3. Next, connect the two holders at the bottom of the diamond. (4. Paint the ply wood light aqua

Materials/Tools
(Especially Band Saw for cutting large pieces, and handsaw for cutting small)
 * I will use an angular ruler/machine to get the 45 degree on my diamond right
 * I will use different sanding machines so that I can soften out the surface
 * I will use glue and nails to connect each parts.
 * I will use different saws, with thin edges so than my measurements won't get confused

Design Measurements
The 4 sides-
 * Square shaped, with the thickness of 1/2 inch
 * The width and length of the squares are 8 1/2 inch by 8 inch
 * The bottom holders are triangular prism, with length as 2 inch, width as 2 inch, and 8 inches long

Each parts of my design: Components
In my Design, 2 of the ones wooden plates in the left and 2 ones in the right goes into the design parallel to each other, and will form a diamond shape.

This part is the base of my design. It it shaped like a triangular prism so that it can be smooth against the main part (the diamond-shaped one) and have 2 of them in opposite directions that are exactly the same.

This is my design, detached from each parts. The parts that I explained above all goes together to from this shape.

=Creating=

April 19th, 2012


Today I have cut my wood, a big lump, and marked the spaces for it to be cut. However, I got messed up in my designing on edge bending, because they had to be on all four sides. So I have to cut it all over again next DT class. I should really edit my design quickly so I can focus on creating

April 29th 2012


Today I have cut my wood into smaller rectangles, but Mr.Muller said it was better to make it a square, so I cut it 7 1/2 by 7 1/2 inch. After, I have started in my edge bending, with is half inch by half inch. I think I have lots of work to do next class, because of the edge bending and sanding

May 1st, 2012


Today, Mr.Muller cut the edges for edge bending for me. I sanded them first, and then glued them together. My goal is to finished with gluing until next class, and do the screws if I have time.

May 3rd, 2012


Today I pasted two other edge bending on my pieces of wood. Also, I sanded my wood because the edges I pasted were not quiet the right size. Next time, I hope I can glue all my pieces together, and screw also.

May 7th, 2012


What I did today was exactly I planned to do, so I am happy. Today, I sanded the rest of my woods and the edges. Then, I glued all of my woods together, into a square. I plan to rotate it and glue it as a diamond next class, and also screw the woods.

May 9th, 2012


Today I cut my edges. I was planning to cut them in a rectangular prism, but Mr. Muller said it would look better in a tripod, so I used the handsaw to cut. The edges turned out nicely, and I was proud of myself. After, I sanded my edges, where woods were peeling off or was scratch. I hope to finish cutting all the edges, and glue them next class.

May 13th, 2012


Today I glued my trapezoid edges, and used clamps to hold them together. I hope they dry fast so that next class I can glue my edges on the other side too.

May 15th, 2012


I cut all my trapezoid edges today, and sanded their edges. However, the length of the edges are a little bit shorter than my product, so I have to sand the edges, and glue them next class.

May 17th, 2012


Today I sanded my edges, smoothly to my satisfaction. Next, I glued my other edges on the body, and Mr. Hasan helped me clamp mine after it glued. I think I might be finished next class, which I hope it will be.

May 21th, 2012


Today I sanded the edge that I clamped last class. They were hard to sand because they were mostly in the inside. Mr. Hasan said that he will cut my blocks (holder) before next class. I hope I get to glue them soon.

May 23th, 2012


Today, I cut the block, the "holder" of my product. I used pine for it, and cut it diagonally with the help of Mr. Hasan. After, I revised my design a bit, by pushing my blocks farther back in my product. Now I'm finished. I am planning to evaluate my design next class.

May 27th, 2012


Today, I sanded my blocks, both with the sanding machine and sand paper. Also, I cleaned away the dust, and finally, added gloss to my product, which will make it smooth, unchangeable color, and hard.

May 29th, 2012


Today, I sanded my product again, and did a second glossing. I hope it turns out well.

=Evaluation=

Pros-

 * I had a clear understanding of the Unit Question, and knew what I had to do.
 * The internet helped a lot in finding the project I wanted to accomplish, by looking at the already existing products.

Cons-

 * I didn't know what kind of organization I would need for my house, or more specifically, not sure what part of my house I should organize.
 * My investigation was edited several times, mostly because I kept changing my opinion about certain parts of my organization, and it got bit confused.

Pros-

 * Because I searched the internet, I had different sets of ideas on Organization and on my books.
 * My family and teachers helped me edit and revise my design into ones that can be more helpful, or eliminate the ones that are not.
 * Mr. Muller and Mr. Hasan helped me on using Sketchup and showed me new tools so I learned quickly.

Cons-

 * As I went on, I found that my designs had some parts that were too similar to each other.
 * I had trouble deciding which design I should choose between 3 designs.
 * In Sketchup, I had trouble making each piece of my project a component and putting them all together.
 * I had trouble with the rotating tool in Sketchup, and couldn't design my designs well.

Pros-

 * My 3 designs all had their dimensions.
 * The materials I wanted were in the DT lab, so I could use it right away.
 * My Design Specification were written carefully, and according to what I want.

Cons-

 * Some of the materials I wanted were too big and Mr. Hasan and Mr. Muller had to cut it for me, which took a long time.
 * Some of my design were unrealistic, including woods cut into perfect circles.
 * I added some things too quickly, that I wanted, so some parts were not labeled or explained well, including dimensions and material.
 * I had trouble choosing what woods to use in many of the woods in the lab, and was confused in the characteristics of different woods.

Sturdiness/Strength
My project is strong, because I glued them together and held them with a clamp. They don't fall apart, and I can put heavy stuffs inside.

Joint Quality
In most of the joints, they are glued quite nicely and fits well. However, in some others, I sanded some parts too much, and only some part got glued as a joint.



This joint is an example of a well-done joint. It has been sanded well, and smoothed out.



This Joint was a little bigger then my project, so I glued it and sanded it, but I sanded too much, and it turned out curved.



For this one, the joints didn't match in width, but I didn't sand it and left it.

Neatness:

 * **Glue Stains:** I have few glue stains that spread, mostly on the joints.


 * **Sanding**: I sanded too much in some joints, which makes the glued edge small.
 * **Pencil Marks**: I erased all the pencil marks, but I can still see some stains left.

Finish

 * ===Painting: I decided not to paint, because I liked the color of the wood itself, and it looked much better without color.===