Lasercutting Design Project Spring 2025

Here is the official signup: Student Signup (use the signup tab, NOT the chili spoon tab).

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Laser-cutting a Cell Phone Stand (on Birch or acrylic)

1. Cell Phone Stand Video 1- Base File Setup
• Call it "Username Cell Stand Back"
• 12x12” workspace size
• Change to RGB
2. Cell Phone Stand Video 2- Setting Up your Back Piece
• Open "Username Cell Stand Back" 
• Increase the size of the bottom hole to put in the cords
• 7” tall, 4” wide
3. Cell Phone Stand Video 3- Bottom Piece
• Call it "Username Cell Stand Base" 
4. You will need to add an Engraved Decoration, could be copied and pasted from your earlier work ...

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Challenge Coin (on Birch)

2 students will have to work together to engrave on the front and the back of a circular piece of birch and then lasercut and engrave approximately 150 of them!

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Earrings (on Basswood)

 

1. We trace the teacher's choice image/logo using their link or a Google image search and words like logo, cartoon, clipart, comic, outline, or silhouette to make the hornet as easy to trace as possible. Remember that you WON'T be coloring it! (Stroke: RGB Blue, Fill: None)
2. The outline of the shape and the small hole vary, but we can iterate after you've lasercut on cardboard. (Stroke: RGB Red, Fill: None)
3. After you've made the first one, we will be reflecting some or all of the design so that it's a mirror image of the first one. Then we will move them as close together as possible.

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Hall Pass (on Birch)

Hall Passes need:

1. We trace a (non-Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket) Hornet using Google image search and words like logo, cartoon, clipart, comic, outline, silhouette to make the hornet as easy to trace as possible. Remember that you WON'T be coloring it! (Stroke: RGB Blue, Fill: None)
2. You will also be tracing the teacher's choice image/logo the same way! (Stroke: RGB Blue, Fill: None)
3. The Teacher's Name, Room Number, and Henley Hall Pass  (Stroke: RGB Blue, Fill: None) using the text tool to make them as readable as possible, using Calibri, Courier, Verdana, Arial, or other Sans Serif Fonts. All the words should be sized the same without stretching them!
4. The Rounded Rectangle should be 3.5" x 3.5" and the hole should be big enough circle to clip a lanyard holder through the top but not TOO close to the top so it won't break off (we don't supply lanyards ... I don't have any to give away) (Stroke: RGB Red, Fill: None)

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Hornet Faceplate (on Acrylic) for use in an aquarium with LED lights

This is specific to Mr. Nunley's needs. 

1. We trace a (non-Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket) Hornet using Google image search and words like logo, cartoon, clipart, comic, outline, silhouette to make the hornet as easy to trace as possible. Remember that you WON'T be coloring it! (Stroke: RGB Blue, Fill: None)
2. It SHOULD have a Rectangle that he can specify the size. (Stroke: RGB Red, Fill: None) We can probably adjust the size after you have cut your first prototype on cardboard.

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Keychains (on Birch)

1. We trace the teacher's choice image/logo using their link or a Google image search and words like logo, cartoon, clipart, comic, outline, or silhouette to make the hornet as easy to trace as possible. Remember that you WON'T be coloring it! (Stroke: RGB Blue, Fill: None)
2. The outline of the shape and the small hole vary, but we can iterate after you've lasercut on cardboard. (Stroke: RGB Red, Fill: None)
3. We can probably adjust the size after you have cut your first prototype on cardboard.

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Lasercutting 3D Snowflakes or Ornaments (on Basswood)

1. We trace the teacher's choice image/logo using their link or a Google image search and words like logo, cartoon, clipart, comic, outline, or silhouette to make the hornet as easy to trace as possible. Remember that you WON'T be coloring it! (Stroke: RGB Blue, Fill: None)
2. The outline of the shape and the small hole vary, but we can iterate after you've lasercut on cardboard. (Stroke: RGB Red, Fill: None)

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Lasercutting and 3D printing in the Barber Shop

3d printing 

1. Click on Prusa Slicer

2. Pull out the SD card, plug it into the Vanja “Thumb Drive” and plug that into the computer

3. Click on Add.

4. Find your .STL file in the 00001BARBERTECHNOLOGYFOLDER without typing (the list SHOULD be in ABC order … double click or click and open.

5. Click Slice Now in the Bottom Right corner.

6. Click Export GCODE in the Bottom Right corner.

7. Find “USB Drive” on the left side to save it in. (Save)

8. Click the Eject Button (NOT THE X).

9. Remove the Vanja and SD Card and put them back where you got them (Vanja Thumb Drive goes back in the Orange Tray & SD Card goes back in the Prusa- MAKE SURE THE METAL IS FACING YOU.

10. Turn the knob clockwise until it points > to your file and then poke it in quickly like a button. DO NOT HOLD IT IN TOO LONG.

Lasercutting

PROTOTYPES ON CARDBOARD MUST BE APPROVED BEFORE YOU CAN LASERCUT FINAL PRODUCTS ON BIRCH

1. Open your Adobe Illustrator Project. After the previous lasercut is done, click File & Print.

2. On the Print Window, click Print.

3. Click on the red lasercutter icon (next to Adobe Illustrator on the taskbar).

4. If all your lines are bright red and blue, you are ready to move your design. If it is light & gray, STOP! Click on the button with 4 arrows. Some squares will appear. Drag the squares to move your design around. Take care not to miss and accidentally ZOOM in.

5. The “Focus View” button to the left of “arrows button” will put a red laser pointer dot on the material. Click on all the edges and corners to make sure your design will fit on your material (the top has to be open for the red dot to appear).

6. Once you are sure it will fit, click on the magnifying glass button to change the red “Go” button to “Settings”.

Cardboard Click on the Manual Control Tab: MAKE SURE TO CLICK “APPLY” AFTER EACH ROW	BIRCH, go to Materials Database, then click on + next to Natural + next to Wood + next to Hard Wood Then click on the actual words General Hard Woods Set the thickness to ____ (Calipers???) AFTER YOU HAVE RUN IT ONCE, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE CUT THROUGH!! You might need to run red only again!
Color Mode Power Speed PPI Black Skip doesn’t matter, just click Apply Blue Rast/Vect 100% 40% 500 Red Rast/Vect 100% 12% 300	7. BASSWOOD, go to Materials Database, then click on + next to Natural + next to Wood + next to Soft Wood Then click on the actual words General Soft Woods Set the thickness to ____ (Calipers???) AFTER YOU HAVE RUN IT ONCE, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE CUT THROUGH!! You might need to run red only again!

You’re ready to lasercut!

8. Shut the lasercutter, and DON’T LET IT SLAM!! 

9. Turn on the fan, by flipping the light switch on the outlet behind the lasercutter. 

10. Click the big, green play button to start it. 

11. Monitor it closely to make sure it doesn’t catch on fire. If it DOES catch on fire … yell, scream, and freak out until Mr. B comes running over. 

12. After the duh-duh noise from previous cuts, the next person can click File >> Print as you can cut off the fan and retrieve your lasercut!!

FIRE??? If it DOES catch on fire … yell, scream, and freak out until Mr. B comes running over. Post-fire, we open the garage door and point every fan OUT. Leave the exhaust fan on, even though we won’t lasercut for a bit!

Using CAD as a plan for the Wood Shop

 Using CAD as a plan for the Wood Shop

We can plan scale models of what we plan to build in the shop by scaling 1mm : 1".

H.O.W.S. Large Doghouse

Barber Bench

Home Depot Picnic Table

To start off, we need to create 2x4s, 2x6s, and plywood sheets. Then we are going to rip-cut a 2x6 in half. Remember that a 2x4 isn't 2" x 4" ... it's 1.5" x 3.5" because the pressure-treating compresses it and makes it smaller.

The 2x4s that I have in the shop are 8 feet long. How many inches is that?

The 2x6s that I have in the shop are 8 feet long.

The 2x8s that I have in the shop are 8 feet long.

 

Plywood comes in 4' x 8' sheets and the ones I have are 3/4" thick, which is better than 1/2" thick, and will warp less both before we attach the floor and roof and after, when the dogs live in the doghouse.

You need to write down the 3 dimensions in inches for a sheet of Plywood, a 2x4, a 2x6, a 2x8, and a 2x6 cut in half the long way (sort of a 2x3).

Then you are CADding a "Username Lumber" project that has all 5 pieces of wood. Start with the red block and then change the dimensions to match what you have written down.

You can type the numbers in the boxes to easily make it the correct size.

The black cone is how you pull the 2x4 into the air, while the curved arrows (can you see all 3?) are how you rotate it. You can also type numbers in the box when you are rotating.

You should do this for all 5 pieces of wood. Compare with members of your team. Check each others' measurements!

1. Plywood 
2. 2x4
3. 2x6 
4. 2x8
5. Then, copy and pasted 2x6 and change the 5 1/2" length to half of that for a rip cut half 2x6.

TinkerCad NameTag Lesson

Making a Name Keychain in Tinkercad

By Jessy Ratfink March 24, 2020

This is an old tutorial (so some of the tools/buttons look different than now). There are multiple pics, videos, and little descriptions that will show you how to make a VERY small nametag. 

This tutorial teaches you and proves you understand how to do SEVERAL skills on a CAD program to make a 3D-printable object: Sizing and moving objects, Overlapping them, aligning and intersecting a cylinder with another, make the middle one a hole, and grouping them to make a hole through an object.

 

Some hints from Mr. Barber:

• To find the individual letters you need, click on the menu that says basic shapes to get the pull-down menu. Select Design Starters. All the letters are in there, but they are in a weird order.

• Use THICK, BOLD, CHONKY letters. Make your ring and your letters BIGGER than the tutorial says to. (Otherwise the tutorial has you make a VERY small, delicate, fragile name tag.) If you resize, make sure to use  the <SHIFT> button!
  

• Once you have gotten a thumbs-up from Mr. B, you can export as an STL to my BARBERTECHNOLOGYFOLDER in the (S:/) Student Share Drive. Make sure you have named it your username and NAMETAG (ex: jwb2f NAMETAG) first!!!
  
  

When it successfully prints, it will be waiting for you in a nearby orange tray (it MIGHT fail, even if you did everything right ... someone else's could be wrong and "spaghetti", "glob up", or the 3d printer could just mess up). If you pick it up, get a keyring from the purple tray, put it on and get a pic on Mr. B's phone to get your grade before you take it out of the room!

Barber Shop Microcontroller Intros

Barber Shop Microcontroller Intros (using micro:bits and Arduino Unos)
Mechatronics (Technological Systems 8457 and 8463) Exploring Technological Systems competencies #31-42

I. Potato Circuit (with Universal Systems explanation)

1. Make a circuit that can light an LED on and off (you will need to add an on/off switch), using a potato or several potatoes for power: https://youtu.be/-fvmb4lchnA
2. Add more potatoes until it overloads the lightbulb (hover over the lightbulb)
3. Experiment with it. Other fruits? Can it make other items “run?” What can you do that’s different than everyone else?
4. You will have to explain how it applies to the Universal Systems model at the end.

The Universal Systems Model

The Universal Systems model is a way to understand how things work together to achieve a goal. It has four main parts: inputs, processes, outputs, and feedback. Inputs are the things that go into a system, like people, materials, time, energy, and information. Processes are what happens to the inputs to make them into something new or useful. Outputs are the results of the processes, like a finished product or a service. Feedback is information that tells us how well the system is working and helps us make improvements.

In the Universal Systems model, inputs can be things like resources, knowledge, and tools. For example, when a company makes candy bars, the inputs are the cocoa beans, sugar, and machinery they use to make the bars. Processes are the actions that happen to the inputs to turn them into something new. In the candy bar example, the processes would be mixing the ingredients, shaping the bars, and packaging them. The outputs are the finished candy bars that are then shipped to stores. And feedback could be customer reviews or sales data that tell the company how well its candy bars are doing.

Feedback is important because it helps us make improvements to the system. If we get feedback that something isn't working well, we can make changes to the inputs or processes to get a better output. For example, if people complain that the candy bars are too sweet, the company could adjust the amount of sugar they use in the recipe. Feedback can come from many sources, like customer reviews, surveys, or trends in the market.

So, the Universal Systems model helps us understand how things work together to achieve a goal. It shows us that inputs go through processes to become outputs, and feedback helps us make improvements. It's like a big puzzle where all the pieces fit together to make something great!

Input

There are 7 types of resources that provide input: 

1. People
2. Materials - natural, synthetic, raw, industrial
3. Tools and machines - measuring, layout, separating, forming, and combining
4. Energy - inexhaustible, renewable and nonrenewable (examples - heat, light, sound, chemical, nuclear, mechanical, and electrical)
5. Time
6. Capital - money, land, structures, and equipment
7. Information

Processes

It's what happens to the inputs

• All the activities that need to take place for the system to give the desired result
• A series of actions directed to an end
• The inputs are combined by means of management and production.
• Managing - planning, organizing, and controlling
• Production - the actual making of the product

Outputs

The resulting product of inputs and processes

• Everything that results:
• Intended outputs
• Nonintended - ex. waste (pollution) or changes in society (communicating through e-mails
• Outputs can be:
• Desirable
• Undesirable
• Expected
• Unexpected
• Example: The output of our cleanup system:
• Clean, safe, organized room
• Clouds of dust
• Lost teaching time
• Wear and tear on the equipment

Feedback

The reaction to the inputs, process, and outputs. They serve to reinforce or alter the elements of the system.

• Cleanup example - Feedback - the next class coming into the room, If they complain or trip over equipment left out, the system would have to be improved.
• Feedback becomes an input into the system

Check out these 3 Potato Circuits

Watch this video 

Now, you need to apply this system to our Potato Circuit lesson. Explain each of the 4 parts and what they are in your potato. In the end, what is your feedback, and why did I have you watch the second video?

37. Explore the Universal Systems Model.
Exploration should include:

• inputs (e.g., people, materials, time, capital, energy, information)
• processes (e.g., management, production)
• outputs (e.g., intended, unintended)
• feedback (e.g., open-loop, closed-loop).

Process/Skill Questions:

• What is the difference between open- and closed-loop systems?
• How does feedback change the process?
• What is an example of a production process?

38. Analyze a product, process, or system, using the Universal Systems Model.
Analysis should include:

• inputs
• processes
• outputs
• feedback 

Process/Skill Questions:

• What are the intended and unintended outputs?
• How does one know if the system is open- or closed-loop?
• How does the product, process, or system convert inputs into outputs?