MS-Elective-S1-Nitya

=Design folder - **Nitya**=

Why and how do people need to organize themselves in different ways? Or how do I stop getting detention forgetting my homework.
====Own meaning of the unit question: Why and how could people make a schedule that contains a balanced timing for all the sections in it for ex: one hour reading and then one hour playing...? How could I stop myself from being disorganized in different ways?====

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__Design Brief__
1. What Will you do? Ans: I will make a pen and pencil holder. 2. Who is it for? Ans: It is for me and my messy and disorganized brother. 3. How does it solve the problem (Unit Question)? Ans: The pen and pencil holder solves the Unit question by organizing my brother's pencils and pens because usually, his pencils are scattered all over the place and he sometimes can't even find his pencils so far. After I make the pen and pencil holder(product), my brothers belongings will be as neat as crystal.

__Design Specification__
-Wood. - Nails, glue and and thing that put hold materials together. - Miter saw for gluing the edges of the cupboard neatly to make the cupboard more attractive. -But joints and miter joints. - Shaped as a rectangle. - Measurements of rectangle: 20,30 cm. -Painted by Varnish and polish. Thickness of wood is approximately 1/2 inch. -Hinge -Metal pieces -Plywood

__Guide Questions__
Is my product appealing to others? Is my product strong enough to hold things? How can I find out if my product is environmentally friendly? Is my product the same as what I wanted it to be? Does my product have sharp edges? Is my product going to fit in my bedroom next to the study table? Is my product messy in a way? Is my product neat? Will it do the job that I wanted it to do? What materials are available to me?

__Investigation__
So far as I have been noticing, my table and my brother's table are in very a messy condition. I have asked other people about how appealing my product is and I have only heard positive replies. My product is strong enough to hold things because I am going to use thick and firm wood that's layers will go in the same direction. My product is not really environmentally because I will use plywood. My product is similar to what I thought about but because it was very complicated to apply it on Google Sketch up so I didn't bother about it. My product does not have very sharp edges but before I will polish the cupboard, It will be sharp. My product might fit in my bedroom. I think that my product is not going to be messy because I have planned it all in a neat way so that I will succeed making the pen and pencil holder. My product will be useful to me after all. The materials that I will be using will be using is available in the DT lab so I am all set.

As you can see, I have a horrible, messy desk so to solve this issue, I will have to make a cupboard to keep me and my brother's pencils, erasers, little papers and etc...

__These are my designs:__
Design 1: __Pros__ -It looks attractive -Has strong mitre joints -Has a nice Base -Looks like it has precise measurements -Has a Door type of flap that will be useful in keeping the things from falling down

__Cons__ -Looks too complicated to build -Has too many parts -Does not seem planned well -Has a wed shape

__Pros__ -Has a lot of details -Looks appealing -Is going to be useful to solve the unit question -Is well planned -Has a lot of precisely measured parts

__Cons__ -Does not have anything for preventing things from falling out of the holder -Looks too plain -Is to easy to build -Not so challenging to build -Looks too boring

__Pros__ -Is very detailed -Seems like it has a lot of good parts planned out -Has to do with a lot of hard work -Very challenging -Has attractive parts

__Cons__ -Will take too much time to finish -Is too hard to build -IS too big -Does not hold a lot of things -The measurements seem to be messed up -Not very helpful to solve the unit question


 * __Parts List__**

Name: Nitya Narayanan Date: 25-09-2011 Block: C

Name of my product: Writing utilities holder

Side: 4 Flap: 1 Base: 1

__Procedures__

 * 1) You have to glue the 4 wood pieces named “Side 1, Side 2, Side 3, and Side 4” vertically to the edges of the base.
 * 2) Glue one part of a hinge to one edge of the Flap and glue the other part of the hinge to the long wood piece’s edge named “Back”.
 * 3) Now attach the parts of the hinge together to finish making the writing utilities holder.
 * 4) Paint with navy blue paint.

Materials: Plywood of ½ inches= 1.2cm Dimensions: 21.5 by 4.5cm
 * 1) 1 Side (Front)

Materials: Plywood of ½ inches= 1.2cm Dimensions: 21.5 by 4.5cm
 * 1) 3 Side (Back)

Materials: Plywood of ½ inches= 1.2cm Dimensions: 15.5 by 4.5cm
 * 1) 2 Side

Materials: Plywood of ½ inches: 1.2cm Dimensions: 15.5 by 4.5cm
 * 1) 4 Side

Base Material: Plywood Dimensions: 20 by 14.3cm of ½ inches: 1.2cm



Flap (Top) Material: Plywood of ½ inches: 1.2cm Dimensions: 20 by 14.3cm

Process Journal
Today, I glued wood pieces together named "Side 1, Side 2, Side 3, and Side 4". I had a difficult and fun experience gluing the sides together and placing them on the holder so that the wood pieces I glued are balanced. After this step, I had to trace the base of my product onto another piece of wood for cutting and that step was the hardest. When I took the glued pieces out of the holder, it did not fall apart so I wasn't afraid to hold it but after I traced it, it fell apart and I had to glue the pieces again which made a disaster all around me. When Mr. Hasan cut that piece, I checked if that piece ( the base) could fit under the structure but it was too small so I had to trace the base again until I finally did it. Today, I basically cut my base with Plywood but then there was a problem, the base was too big so I had to cut a little part of the base. Then I had another problem because I but too much glue when I glued the 4 parts together so after the glue dried, it left a stain on the wood so the only way to resolve this problem was to somehow scrape the glue with scissors but then I got hurt because the sharp part of the scissor hit my hand. I also had to sand the sharp edges with the sanding block and the sanding paper. Overall, I could have used more safe ways to scrape out the glue and I could have used the sanding machine because it was a lot of time consuming to scrub the wood with the sanding block and paper.
 * __Oct 12__**
 * __Oct 16__**

I wasted a lot of time today, today I just glued the base inside the structure and finished sanding it. After all of this, I had to trace the top of my box and I waited so long to cut that piece but after it was time for me to cut my piece, Mr. Hassan said that I had traced it wrong so I had to trace the top again. As usual, I had to wait to cut my piece too, but then it was nearly end of class so we had to clean up and I didn't get a chance to cut my wood piece which was the last piece that belonged to my product. But I think that I am pretty close to finishing my product.
 * __Oct 18__**

__**Oct 20**__ Today, Mr. Hassan cut my flap from the machine and I sanded my product. I had to sand my wood pieces because they had sharp edges. I used the sanding machine. But when I used it, I sanded one of he edges too much because I was moving the sanding machine in circles and Mr. Hassan told me that I shouldn't use it like that, I should move it in a straight line but still, some of the edges got messed up so now, my product looks kind of ugly.

Today, I basically Sanded my parts again and I helped Erika with her work because she had trouble nailing the pieces of wood together. I couldn't finish any work because I needed Mr. Hassan's help to fill in the puddy inside the gaps between the wood. He was busy with other people so I decided to finish filling in the gaps with puddy next class.
 * __Oct 22__**

__**Oct 26**__ Today, I took the puddy and I placed it inside the hollow gaps between my pieces of wood. I was planning to attach hinges between the flap and the whole 5 piece structure I had glued together. When I chose my hinges, there was a problem. I decided to have 2 hinges and when I placed them between the flap and the structure, there was a big gap in between. After a long time, Mr. Hassan solved the problem and fount out a solution. Mr. Hassan made outlined the hinges on the places I will fit them on the wood and then he used the saw to cut out the area inside the outline. After he cut the wood, I placed the hinges in there place and it worked!!! Finally, I was able to finish but I couldn't fit the hinges with nails because I didn't have time.

Today, I did a lot of work. I Had to trace the holes in the hinges onto the wood and drill holes on the wood with the help of the trace. After drilling, I took the screws and screwed it into the holes. But then there was a problem. The problem was that the hinges did wasn't aligned and it started to poke out and look ugly so I had to take them out and I had only 2 minutes to screw so I screwed 2 screws.
 * __Nov 2__**

__**Nov 9**__ Today was a great day, I got to finish a lot of work. I screwed my hinges on the wood and sanded the whole thing a little bit. I didn't really know how to sand the wood so I had to get help from Mr. Hassan. After sanding the wood, Mr. Hassan cut the nails that were sticking out of the wood and he took some kind of scraper and scraped the rest of the nail parts that remained sticking out a little bit. Then I had a problem, there were holes in the wood because I remember that I drilled in the wrong place so I had to drill again and it made a lot of holes. I asked Mr. Hassan and he solved the problem, he said that I should fill the holes with puddy so I mixed a little bit of puddy and water together and pressed it into the holes. Then I took some paint and started to paint the wood but suddenly, I realized that it was clean up time so I had to put everything back.

Today I had a lot of fun. I got to paint the wood navy blue or something like that. I was having fun but suddenly, Mr. Hassan told me to stop painting. I asked him why and he said that I put too much paint and he said to wipe some paint of the wood with a clean paint brush. He said that the paint wouldn't dry so easily if there was a lot of paint on the wood. I tried hard not to ruin the whole thing and I did my best wiping out the paint. But then someone came up to me and said "You know what, you painted the hinges and if you paint the hinges, then the hinge will become stiff and you won't be able to open the flap. I was very upset after hearing this and after hearing this, I went straight to pull some napkins from the napkin box to wipe off the paint. Then I put some triangular shaped cones under the base to prevent the paint from dripping or sticking onto the newspaper. The last thing I did was let it dry alone in the middle of the table where nobody would get paint on their finger.
 * __Nov 13__**

Today was the worst day ever. When I saw my product, it was so ugly, it was unbelievable. I was shocked to see the wood and I went to Mr. Muller for some advice and ways to improve. he said that I should first sand the paint with the sanding block and paper. After that, he said to take off the hinges because paint would drip onto it. Then he said to paint the box AGAIN. So I started of by sanding the paint and after this, because I was so impatient, I started to paint without removing the hinges. Mr. Muller came up to me and told me to remove the hinges so I had to wash the paint brush, put the paint back, and take a screw driver so that I could take off the nails. it took all of class time to take off the hinges and I was so FRUSTRATED because I had been painting for the past 2 weeks and now I have to start all over again.
 * __Nov 17__**

In fact, today was a good day. I got to sand my product again because I noticed there was some more paint left and I started to paint. By the time I painted half of my product, it was clean up time and it was pretty easy because the brush was quite big, thick and fat. I realized I had done a mistake when I was painting the wood the first time and it was that the brush wasn't really helpful. The brush was too hard and rather rough, and when I was painting, the strokes were messy because the strands of the brush were fluffy and I made a whole mess.
 * __Nov 21__**

Today, I didn't need help from the teachers. I just painted the rest of the wood that wasn't painted. But today was also a boring day because I was painting the whole class and I thought that I would have finished painting but then, It just seemed as if I had been painting for years and I was fed up. I hope I am done in four classes. I just have to paint the second cote and paint varnish on top so that the wood is smooth and not rough. I think that I will get good results and I hope I don't mess up. My product doesn't at all look like what I imagined and it doesn't even reach my expectations.In fact, I thought it would end up better but it looks worst than I planned it. I mean I don't like the edges because the were sanded and they look round, I don't like the color of the paint but I had no option because I didn't like any other paint color. But I am still exited to carry on with this project.
 * __Nov 28__**





__**Nov 30**__ Today I am sooooo happy. I accomplished a lot. I applied gloss to the wood. I just need to wash the hinges and attach the wood pieces with the hinges. I used a fat brush but then because there was a lot of gloss coming out, I used a small brush.

__**Dec 4**__ My product is done finally. First I washed the hinges for about 20 min. then I took a screw driver to screw the hinges into the wood so that the whole structure stays together. Then I Cut the screw parts that were sticking out of the wood. I was so happy to accomplish that much. Then I took some paint and vanish for FINAL TOUCHES!!! I did the most work today.



__**Evaluation**__ My product is already done. I think that I did a a good job. As I was looking at my final product, I noticed that the paint was smudgy in some places and was clean in other places. I think this happened because I painted on top of wet paint and the layer under the paint layer I was painting stated to come off. My product also looks very ugly because the corners were sanded too much. Other than these two factors, I think that there aren't any other problems. There is a little problem that some people may not notice on the wood because I painted it the opposite way the grains go. I could have done better by using my time wisely and steadily. All of these problems appeared because I was rushing through all the work and at the end, when I was done with all the work, I had nothing to do and my product looked kind of ugly. Now, I need to test if my product is capable to do what it is supposed to do after all these days of hard work. These are the ways I am going to test my product:


 * Wiggle the box-** The box doesn't move unless you shake it the box doesn't come apart unless someone tries to break it.


 * Drop the box-** Nothing will happen to the box unless someone drops the box more than one time on tiles.


 * Feel the box-** I felt the box and it was very smooth. There weren't any splinters because I painted and glossed the wood. No is no possible way someone could get hurt by this box.


 * Ask someone else how attractive the box is-** Erika said that my product was very pretty and cool. She also said that it was a good idea to make this product but she said that there were a lot of scratches at the bottom and some other parts of the box.


 * Size-** My product perfectly fits on my table. It isn't too big or too small.

=**//__New Project by Erika and Nitya__//**=

__Design Brief__
1. What Will you do? Ans: I will make a type of shelf. 2. Who is it for? Ans: It is for me and my brother. 3. How does it solve the problem (Unit Question)? Ans: The shelf solves the unit question by keeping all the papers and books in order because even though I have a big shelf, the spaces between each section is soo big that my books start to fall over each other. After I make this shelf, all my books will stay in place. This time, I will make good plans and decisions on the measurements, size, and etc... so that I don't mess up at last.

__Design Specifications__

 * Should use Plywood, Gloss, glue, clamps, and others.
 * Should be safe.
 * should environmentally friendly
 * Should be able to last for at least one year
 * Should be able to fit on my table
 * Should be strong enough to hold books
 * Should look attractive

__Investigation__
I do know that all the materials I need are available to me because I have explored in the DT lab and I have asked the teachers. I am using pinewood because I think it is the most attractive among the others. I think that I can come up with many designs on my product.I will not have an environmentally friendly product because I am using pinewood. I am sure that my product will be appealing but I have to put a lot of effort into it. I know that my product will be strong enough because I am using really strong joints (mitre joints and etc...). I am sure my shelf will fit on my table because my books and papers are smaller than my table so my shelf has to be a little bigger than the papers and books. I might not be successful because the designs I am thinking about are quiet complicated. Who knows, maybe I might manage all the work. I wanted to challenge myself so that is why I have chosen to make a shelf and I am planning to make designs on the wood which will make it much more challenging. I am not sure I will be able to finish this project because the semester will finish in January and I know that I work slow.