Students
Josh Teves
MAE – 2019
Spencer Kryczka
MAE – 2019
Max Veronneau
MAE – 2019
Project Description
For our plaque we designed something that can be easily attached to a previous project from another class. The project previously completed was a bar, and this plaque will pay tribute to our hockey team and everyone who has contributed to the history of Princeton Hockey. The quote “Build It And They Will Come” is a reference to Noah in the bible, but also to a mindset for our team and the culture that we have built around our team. The idea is that people will come to a program where there is a great culture and sense of belonging. The design is as follows: a commemorative plaque that uses different types of wood in order to create a special and unique design. We inlayed a striped Princeton “P” into the center of the plaque which sticks out to add some depth. The “P” uses Mahogany wood since it is a little orange, the stripes in the P are made from the Walnut wood since it is darker in color and finally, the plaque itself is made from Cherry plywood. The quote surrounds the “P” and simply was carved out of the wood. Along with the quote, further designs were added, varying in complexity based on the bit we are able to put into the machine.
Technical Background
The original prototype of this design, caused many difficulties with the Carvey and time constraints due to materials not being ordered lead our group to not be able to remedy those difficulties in time. Learning from previous mistakes will allow for a much better finished product and will improve on the prototype greatly. Learning that the type of wood ordered was quite brittle, and would break when the Carvey tried to make small detailed designs. To fix the problem with the brittle wood it is best to adjust the depth and possibly the design shape to ensure the cuts from the carvey are mistake free. In terms of a creating a significant improvement on the design, it will first be creating everything in a different ways in order to avoid breaking and also avoid “fit” problems that occurred previously. Furthermore, adding of other designs to the second version of the plaque, including a carved border to fill out the space around the edges and possibly further detail in the other spaces in the form of tiger heads and hockey sticks. In order to complete all of this it is imperative to have many trials. The first prototype was not accompanied by enough trials testing different fonts and sizes of drill bits in order to avoid breaks and problems with fitting. This time around, many different trials will be completed using different fonts and expanding other designs to allow for tools to fit between different parts of the more complex designs. The main issue was that the Carvey only had a ⅛ bit. This time around a 1/16 bit will be found or ordered so that finer designs can be completed with precision. The border and other designs are the biggest improvement from the first semester. The border will be completed using a second piece of wood, measuring out the dimensions correctly, and trimming off approximately a half-inch border piece. Rounding and sanding, followed by primer will be applied to the border pieces and then applied to the plaque with wood glue. For the other designs that we are potentially adding to the plaque, this should be relatively straight forward with the only challenge being the brittle wood breaking when the fine design is applied. All of these things combined will add a further technical element to our plaque and provide improvement on our initial design.
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