... then design again, and build what you think will finally be your perfect prototype, and learn that once again you missed yet another feature in your design.
This is the process I learned today while laser cutting prototype after prototype of the Guard Llama mount (or formally, the programming jig).
At school, I have been seeing a lot of the aesthetic properties cardboard can have in a finished product. One of my professors - Sara Hendren - makes a hobby out of building cardboard furniture, and almost her entire lab is fabricated with cardboard. It's surprisingly gorgeous.
Here, I have been learning the practical and wallet-saving applications of cardboard in prototyping. I try to be extremely thorough when it comes to checking and rechecking my design for the programming jig. However, I have come to find the magic in laser cutting a physical prototype. I have at this point been through seven laser cut jobs and every time I have found something to change, be it a groove that I missed or a new design idea.
This is the process I learned today while laser cutting prototype after prototype of the Guard Llama mount (or formally, the programming jig).
At school, I have been seeing a lot of the aesthetic properties cardboard can have in a finished product. One of my professors - Sara Hendren - makes a hobby out of building cardboard furniture, and almost her entire lab is fabricated with cardboard. It's surprisingly gorgeous.
Here, I have been learning the practical and wallet-saving applications of cardboard in prototyping. I try to be extremely thorough when it comes to checking and rechecking my design for the programming jig. However, I have come to find the magic in laser cutting a physical prototype. I have at this point been through seven laser cut jobs and every time I have found something to change, be it a groove that I missed or a new design idea.
As I am STILL working on a perfect final design, I am extremely glad that 1. I have been using cardboard this entire time, and 2. I am comfortable enough on the laser cutter that I can run over and whip up a prototype. It's much more efficient than staring at the design forever, looking for a flaw. Daniel has asked me to create an instruction sheet for the laser cutter, and Jason said that he would teach me some design techniques!