Students:
Sarah Brewer ’24 – Used Fusion360 to create the various designs for the panels and organized the design of the project. Spearheaded use of the laser printer.
Grace Keller ’24 – Spearheaded use of the emblazer. Fastened the panels to the uncut 4’x4’.
Payton Tally ’25 – Figured out how to use the wood shaving machine and shaved all of the planks of wood.
Arman Young ’25 – Cut the first 4’x4’ into the 9 different panels.
Description of the project & intent (what & why)
For our project, we decided to make a “wood collage” using the many tools in the workshop. The collage is made out of 9 different panels, each of which has a unique design that reflects something about one of the members of our team. For example, we included a panel with the outline of New Jersey on it because both Sarah Brewer and Arman Young are from New Jersey. In addition, the four corners of the collage have the initials of a different team member (SM, GK, AY, and PT). We then connected each of the separate panels to one larger piece of wood to signify that our tastes were brought together in one big collage. The main purpose of this was to experiment with the different machines available to us and create art that reflects each member of the group individually and as one.
Description of the tools used (how)
The tools we used were the wood cutter, wood shaver, laser cutter, and emblazer. First, we cut one of our 4’x4’ plywood planks into 9 evenly cut square panels. Then, we used the wood shaver by taking one of our panels at a time and sliding them through the machine while slowly lowering the thickness on the dial. We ran each piece of wood through approximately 6 times to get them to the correct thickness, about ⅓ an inch. Next, we used the laser cutter to print the Princeton “P” and Princeton crest. We used the glowforge application to alter the power and speed of the machine and after several trial runs were successful in creating a design. The Princeton “P” design took about 1:30:00, and the Princeton crest took about 1:00:00. Then for the 4 initial panels and 3 state panels we used the emblazer machine. This process was much faster and we simply uploaded our designs or PNG photos from google to the connected computer application and the laser was able to cut the outlines we needed quite quickly. When all the panels had their designs we spaced them evenly on the uncut piece of 4’x4’ plywood and used screws and a drill to fasten them to the larger piece. The result was one cohesive design and is pictured above.
The initials “AY” signify Arman Young. Designed on Fusion360.
The initials “SB” signify Sarah Brewer. Designed on Fusion360.
The initials “PT” signify Payton Tally. Designed on Fusion360.
The initials “GK” signify Grace Keller. Designed on Fusion360.
The Princeton University “P” because we are all students at Princeton. Designed on Fusion360.
The outline of Texas. Original image retrieved from google.
The outline of New Jersey. Original image retrieved from google.
The outline of Wisconsin. Original image retrieved from google.
The Princeton University crest. Original image retrieved from google.
The first version of how we wanted to lay out our “wood collage” with measurements that correspond to the sizes of the two pieces of wood we ordered. Designed on Fusion360. We ended up changing a few of the designs and moving things around!
The final outcome had all the panels had been altered and attached to the main board.
Pictured: Grace(left) Sarah(Right)