MS-Elective-S1-Siddhantha

Design Folder - Siddhantha

Unit Question #1- Why and how do people need to organize themselves in different ways? Or how do I stop getting detentions for forgetting my homework?

Mind Map Unit Question 1 I don't need to be more organized but I could. When I forget my homework I don't like it because it hurts my grade. When I miss a high honor roll I always think that if I had given that homework in could it have gotten me to the high honor roll.

__Guiding Questions__
How many classes do I have to finish it? Are there any moving wheels? What type of wood will be good for this? What is the thickness of the wood available to me?

__**Investigation**__
I have 11 classes to finish my product Yes there are Pine would be good for this product 3/8 or .5 in

**__Design Brief__**
I am going to make a toy car. It is going to be for my cousin. It doesn't solve any problems for anyone. I am doing this because I really love my cousin and she would like it since she is only 5 years old. I would think that she would be very happy.

**__Design Specifications__**

 * Must have moving wheels

__Guiding Questions__
Are the materials that I need available? How much time do I have? What joints can I make well? What tools are available to me? What is the thickness of the wood available to me? What type of wood will I use?

__Investigation__
Yes they are all semester I can make butt joints and miter joints well hammers, clamps hand saws, ban saw etc. 3/8 of an inch pine

__Design brief__
I will make an organizer for all my stationary. It is for me. It solves the problem for me because I can never find the supplies that I need to write with. Once I had to make a poster for a project. I wanted to use thick markers because they stand out more than almost all other stationary. When I went to find all of my supplies that I would need I couldn't find them. I had to use pens which are really hard to see since they are so thin. I got a lower grade than I could have gotten because of it.

__Design Specifications__
Must have butt joints Materials must be found in the AIS/D DT lab Must be made in given time frame Will use tools found in DT lab It will have different compartments of different sizes some relatively big and small Must be able to fit on my desk Must be safe

__**Tests**__
visual test put it on my desk touch test ask teacher

__Pros__

 * It is very strong
 * It has a mix of miter and butt joints
 * It's a plain classic design

**__Cons__**

 * could have had more compartments



__Pros__

 * a bit like the first
 * wider
 * can fit more things in it and fatter things in it

**__Cons__**

 * not to original looking

__Pros__

 * Is strong
 * looks more modern
 * looks good

**__Cons__**
I would choose the last one because it can have a larger variety of stationary in it like erasers, pencil sharpeners, rulers, scissors, pencils and also a place for pencils that have to be sharpened.
 * could have had a divder in the middle

__**Parts List**__
Thickness of wood= 3/8" Type of wood= pine Base x1=12",8" Side x2= 1.38",8"

Big front and back x1= 5.24",1" Small front and back x1= 2", 1" Middle divider x1= 2", 1" Box front and back x2=5", 4" Box side x2= 8 1/4", 5"

**__Process Journal__**
29/9/11 Today I finished getting the measurements of my products pieces and I just started drawing the pieces out on the wood. I don't think I got much done this class. I feel a bit bad because I am sure I use my time as well as I could have. In the measurements I made some pieces different for example the box front and back I made them taller or the height small front and back.

10/10/11 Today I found out that Mr. Hassan had cut out the pieces that I needed. I've started to glue the box front and back on as well as the big front and back. I feel good about how much I got done this class and I even learned how to use a bar clamp. I think I made quite a bit of progress today. I have not made any changes to my product. 12/10/11 Today I glued on the sides of the box. I think I could have glued on the small front and back while I was a it but I didn't. I had to trim the sides of the boxes a bit because they were a few millimeters too big.



16/10/11 Today I glued the small sides on. I thought of putting on both the sides but I ran out of time because I spent a lot of time doing small things like sanding my divider down to size and getting my small front and back get cut out again because they were to small.

18/10/11 Today I glued on the rest of my parts. I think I got quite a bit of work done today even though we have a short day. Today I sanded the bottom of my product because it was sticking out on the bottom. 20/10/11 Today I sanded all the edges of all my parts. I have also started to sand the bottom and the sides of the parts. 26/10/11 Today I finished sanding my product. I even put a bit of what me and Mr. Hassan think is sealer. We don't know because gloss and sealer look the same.

2/11/11 Today I finished putting my first coat of sealer. I have also finished my second coat of sealer.

9/11/11 Today I finished sanding off the sealer. I think it took so much time because every time I went to Mr. Muller or Mr. Hassan they said I had to sand it a bit more. 13/11/11 Today I finished sanding and finished putting on my gloss.

15/11/11 Today I finished my second coat of gloss. I have finished my product! Woohoo!

__**Evaluation**__
My product meets all of my specifications. After testing my product I found that out. I think my product looks quite good and has good balance. I also found out that one of my mistakes that I made makes my product look like it has depth. The mistake was that one of my pieces was a bit short. My product is safe because if it falls down and hurts someone, it won't hurt as much as a big product would. It doesn't have any sharp edges either. My product does not have a bad impact on the environment because the wood was cut before. I think my product shows good workmanship because it has both butt joints and miter joints. I think my product is quite strong for the purpose it is going to serve.There are only one or two aspects of my product that don't match the plan. Those are the placement of the small divider and the size of it. One thing that I did which wasn't eco-friendly was that Mr. Hassan cut 3 more pieces than I needed.

__**Product 2- skateboard**__
12/1/12 Today Arogya and I started our new project. We finished drawing all the parts on the wood.

16/1/12 Today we cut out our pieces from the pine wood. we also glued together our pieces.