7th Lesson of DF

In DF today we stayed in the computer room because Mr Andrews was away on camp with grade 8. We just worked on our assignment and updated our blogs and that sort of stuff. I had a bit of trouble understanding what we actually had to do on our assignment but then I got it. I've started making a lot of progress on my clock. I'm up to making my layers such as sticking them on cardboard and then cutting them and sticking them on your design.

This is my clock so far:

Definitions

I am going to give you definitions of thermo and thermosetting plastics.

Firstly, I would like to start off with thermoplastics. Thermoplastics can be reheated and shaped in various ways. They usually become mouldable after reheating. The bond between the molecules is weak and become weaker when they are reheated, allowing them to reshape. Thermoplastics tend to be composed of 'long chain monomers'. These types of plastics can be recycled.

Secondly, Thermosetting plastics. Thermosetting plastics are that once their set these plastics cannot be reheated, soften, shaped and mould. The molecules of this plastics are cross linked in three dimensions and this is why they cannot be reshaped or recycled. The bond between the molecules is very strong.

Some examples of thermoplastics are:

. acrylic
. Polythene
. Polyvinyl chloride (tough material)
. polyethylene (grocery bags, shampoo bottles, plastic bottles and children's toys)
. polycarbonate (means it can be shaped and formed through a number manufacturing processes.

Examples of thermosetting plastics:

. adhesives (glues)
.  Polyurethane (This forms the basis of many paints and varnishes because it is very tough and has
   water resistant qualities)
. Urea Formaldehyde (UF): (Urea Formaldehyde has physical properties of high hardness and high                                                       toughness, making it suitable for strong, knock-resistant electrical fittings.)
. Polyester resins

6th lesson of design futures

In DF today we finally made it  into the workshop and started on our clocks. Mr Andrews cut out my clock design  on saw machine which was really cool because it made a really pitchy sound that hurt your ears. Once he cut out my clock we had to sand the edges with sand paper. The sand paper is actually a piece of paper with special material on one side used for sanding timber. We had to do this to make the timber soft and smooth on the edges. Later on in lessons we will be using a vacuum former which is the machine used to melt plastic and to go over our design (cover it). The process is first you have melt the plastic by pushing a button and leave for about 3 mins, then once thats done you just place your clock on the surface push the lid down and you need to pump the pump so that the plastic moulds onto your design. Some examples of made things by the vacuum former are:

Example 1:

Example 2:

Example 3:

This is a vacuum former

5th lesson of Design Futures

During DF, we started making our clocks, well really just did the layers, cutting them out and placing them on  your draft. During that Mr Andrews came over and started talking to us about Vampire's and ways to kill them, the usual stuff. After those little jokes we got back to business. I had finished my layers just in time for the bell, so we had to pack up. It was an interesting lesson today, excited about making my clock.

4th Lesson of Design Futures

In the 4th lesson of design futures we finally started to make our clocks, kind of. Well really what we did was sketch our idea and then label what layers we were going to have on the clock. The whole idea is about having layers, that's really what the lesson was about. I had finished my sketch then all I had to do was photo copy it, 6 pages I had to do because that's how many layers I've got. I had to photo copy it at lunch in the library because we ran out of time during the lesson. I finally made my choice on which clock design I was going to do. I was going to do the converse one, as shown below!

3rd lesson of Design Futures

I finally finished my OnGuard test. I had to do it at home because my username and password didn't work during the lesson so yeah I had to do it at home. The test was pretty simple, although some questions through me, but it was still pretty reasonable. I didn't really enjoy reading through all the information but I knew we had to, to ensure that we working in the workshop safely. I can't wait to start making our clocks, though I still can't decide weather I should do the Converse Clock or the Guitar Clock design. It's such a hard desicion. In the 3rd lesson we saw some of the designs from last year, and he told us we'd be something like that aswell. The designs we really good, I especially liked the Pink Panther design.

The 2nd lesson of design futures we started our on guard test. I still have to do it because my username and password didnt work so we had to get Mrs. Goodchild to come and help me. So I still have to do my test. I havnt put up all my clock ideas so I will do it now:

First Design: 

Second Design:













Third Design:

I'm so excited because.... hopefully in a couple of weeks we get to start making our clocks. Some of my ideas are really different but kinda cool at the same time. One idea is a converse shoe and it would obviously have a clock somewhere on it, that ideas my favourite. I've also got another idea, I was thinking of doing a pizza clock and the pieces of pizza would all be different sizes and like one piece would be higher than the other. I'm really looking forward to making our clocks!!!!!




First clock idea:

Second Clock Idea:

Brittney Connelly