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what are Laser Cutters and their how are they dangerous
How
The most common way of laser cutting is to direct the output of a high-power laser through optics. A focused laser beam targets the material, which melts, burns, vaporizes or is blasted away by a jet of gas, leaving a high-quality edge.
Priority
I will be using laser cutters to cut my product out of a piece of wood so I need to know how to use a laser cutter but also how to use it responsibly and without getting hurt. Laser cutters can cause a wide variety of injuries and the most common being that you can get burned by the amounts of heat generated whilst cutting and the other health hazard posed by it is eye injuries as laser can hurt the eye if directly exposed to it.
Why
Engineers choose laser cutting because of the multiple advantages it offers. Laser cutting offers flexibility, precision, repeatability, speed, cost-effectiveness, high quality, contactless cutting, versatility, and automation options.
Source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5ab2V06Sf8
secondary source
What
Laser cutting is a method of creating a cut edge by vaporizing materials using a laser. It was originally created for industrial manufacturing and is now used by schools, small businesses, architects, and hobbyists.
How can I use CAD or CAM to design my product
How
I can find out on google how CAD or CAM websites work and some popular ones that are easy to use and yet give very good results. Some of them were onshape, Fusion 360, Solidworks 3D CAD, Solid edge CAM pro, GibbsCAM & AutoCAD.
Priority
This is very important for designing my product as it is the platform where i have to make the model or plan for my final product
Why
I will send the 2d model of my product to the laser cutter which cuts the pieces which I have to put together. So, I must know how to use a CAD or CAM website to formulate a design and get it printed or cut, In the event of designing a product, I will be heavily relying upon CAD & CAM to make my product
Source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k79W0f640Yc
This Youtube shows how to use CAD websites and what are the most popular ones amongst them. secondary source
What
The product must be designed using a CAD or CAM website so that can either be 3D printed or Laser cut, This means that knowing how to do it and how it functions is a vital part of designing the product.
What will be the secondary purpose of my product and why
How
This can be accomplished by several steps, the paper can be stored under while the pencils can be stored above the Ipad and the pen can be made to stand straight and the placing matters very much as few things can be placed in one place but others can for example paper can be stored in a shelf-like structure below the device but the same cannot be done for pencils so I decided to place pencils in a small pencil holder while for pens I have no ideas yet but I will find some in due course
Priority
Since these items are necessities, the are very important and must be involved
Why
The most important things that the teacher uses other than the iPad or device are pencils, pens, and paper and these are the things that I plan on making holders for each of them and also if possible any other objects. Research conducted Adoptaclassroom.com showed that teachers use pens, pencils more than any other stationery items so I decided to find a way to accommodate them in my organizer
What
The secondary purpose of my product will be to store a few stationary and utilitarian items that a teacher might need quickly
Source
secondary source
What are the materials I am going to use to make my product and how am I going to implement it appropriately in my product
How
I am going to find out how wood can be adjusted in such a way that it can hold a lot of weight and one method i found out was a A shape design where the pad will sit of the the flat side of the A and the center branch will hold the weight and the other flat part will be spreading the weight to the floor or platform
Priority
The materials i use govern many features of my organiser such as the load carrying ability as wood can't carry the weight of the iPad in any shape so the wood must be arranged in such a way that it can carry the load
Why
The materials must be lightweight and user friendly for optimal results and at the same time the holder must be able to hold the weight of the iPad and also be capable of holding the largest of Tabs which according to my research is Galaxy View 18.4 Inches Tablet by Samsung and the 12.9-inch iPad Pro by Apple and both of them must be able to fit nicely.
Source
I am going to check out on designs of ipad holders and find out some already existing designs and find some ideas
https://mikeshouts.com/ipad-stand-by-oooms/
https://www.studio-eq.com/eq-products-full-list
https://www.portableone.com/Tech-News/Finally-an-iPad-stand-that-fits-in-your-kitchen
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What
The materials that I am going to use are Wood and might use plastics from the 3D printer.