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They grow up so fast - 1.10

     Here it is! The finale that we've all been waiting for. I am expecting SpaceX to send over my commissions within the next week, and a rep. from NASA has been in contact with me regarding the design of their next ship.

    All jokes aside, I am honestly thrilled with the way that this turned out. The 'holder' is finally a free standing object, and the rocket itself has many detachable parts -but actually looks like a rocket. So, cue some Frank Sinatra while we fly to the moon and explore what this project had in store for me.

    Below is a screen shot of how I handed the file to Bryan for the laser cut!


    It can be noted that I largely kept the properties of the original design. I already knew from the prototype that this was a process that worked and me trying these new ways at making the rocket, I was honestly a bit scared of the outcome. So I printed extra in case anything went wrong (such as pieces falling off when folded -which they did) and kept, as I mentioned, the original design as something that I could fall back on.

    During the group critique (and largely during my own exploration of the prototype), one thing that stood out was, first, the ability to make my 'holder' a free-standing object (and actually be able to hold the rocket vs. it being the other way around). I added two bars, the length of the rocket, which insert into the two individual pieces across the bottom; this provided enough support to brace the top-heavy components and allow for it to stand up-right.



    In the second image you can see the tabs at work! These actually brought a lot extra support with them (without them the components would have fallen apart for sure).

    
    With this part of the project I found myself using tabs (like the one shown above) a lot. There are joints that, from the prototype, I didn't even realize were weak until I used the heavier card stock. 

    Let's talk about the body now. As mentioned in the crit. I made an external 'head' for this part.



    Made from 3 of the pieces on the left, this grouping made it a lot easier to: 1. form the body and, 2. bring the tip a unified point because there weren't as many working parts. I tried to do the same with the two rockets themselves, but the pieces were far too small and, every time I would fold them, they would just fall apart (luckily I had a back up plan, and asked for the original design to be printed in the case that something like this would happen). I tried the idea of making the rocket components to be less sides but, soon found out that this wasn't going to work aesthetically because of how different the body vs. the rockets would be.

    Another fun addition was the booster. In the prototype I also had one of these but with no way to connect it to the body.

    As can be seen in the centre, the booster has finally been attached using a sort of cross-section. This was incredibly hard to insert (it isn't centred because I had to use my fingers to set the glue -I tried with a pencil from the open top of the body but there just didn't seem to be enough pressure).





Here is the final form! I hope you enjoy :)

Until next time,

-renderme3d














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