The start of a new collection.

I've recently found some old files of previous drafting projects I've worked on. I'll post some here time forbidding, and then I'll eventually just make a better website to keep as a collective portfolio. I'm a little disappointed that I am just now starting to keep up with things. I've had a lot of experience doing CAD work and drafting with school and free time, but now at GT, I don't feel that I can do more personal projects with the minute amount of free time available. Another side affect is that the classes ahead of me don't require huge drafting projects, but to just use it as a tool to get things done... Anyway, here's the current last page of my portfolio I'm assembling.

Sheet Metal

Oh sheet metal...  so useful but so tedious
After going through the inventor tutorials for sheet metal, I was assigned to a piece of sheet metal to model in Inventor. the lucky piece of scrap happened to be a Simpson Strong-Tie! A piece so over looked in every building (mainly because it is covered up) is actually really complicated and ingenious. I chose to model it in metric because I tested out a few basic measurements and they all came out to be closer to an easy millimeter more often than a happy inch (cough cough USA). 

Above is the fancy not-so-fancy rendering now available in Inventor 2012 with it's crazy power sucking Ray Tracing. Looks cool for a quick print screen eh? Took maybe 2 classes (one of my days) to do the actual model of it yet the drawing was much more complicated.

When I first started to make the flat patter, it froze, then when it finally loaded it was set at a 45deg angle. I had to quickly learn how to instantly adjust the 'definition' of the flat pattern to make it level, straight, square, and plum and stuff. After a few minutes of tricking Inventor, it all came true. The next hard part was fitting all those dimension in the B size sheet. I know I'm probably going to have a good bit of them missing but after a few minutes of staring at it, I don't think I can actually fit any more in there. So instead of taking another day of staring, I figure I should just move on and draw something else. 
... So that's what I plan to do...

BACK IN CLASS

HEY LOOK! I AM BACK IN CLASS! IMAGINE THAT. 

THIS YEAR I AM IN TECHNICAL MANUFACTURING AND 3D MODELING (YES INVENTOR IS ALREADY MY STRONG SUIT BUT THAT'S OK, DON'T ASK). 

SO, EVEN THOUGH IT IS MY AREA OF "EXPERTISE", I AM STILL LEARNING A LOT IN INVENTOR. THESE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS I HAVE BEEN DOING WELDS. AUTODESK INVENTOR MAKES THEM A BIT EASIER THAN IN AUTOCAD EXCEPT FOR THE PART THAT THERE IS NOT A STRAIGHT FORWARD WAY TO DO A PLUG WELD. YOU HAVE TO SPLIT THE FACES AND MAKE IT A FUNKY GROOVE WELD. HERE IS A LINK TO A QUICK TUTORIAL MY TEACHER (J REECE) MADE FOR HIS BLOG. 

AFTER A FEW DRAWINGS THAT SPECIALIZED IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF WELDS, THIS DRAWING HAS ALL OF THE BASICS. ITS GOT A FEW GROOVE WELDS, A FILLET WELD, AND THE CRAZY PLUG WELD. EACH WELD ALSO VARIES IN SPECIAL FINISHES AND WHETHER IT IS ANNOTATED TO BE ON BOTH SIDES OR NOT.

Out of the Dust - Tool Posters

SO I HAVE NOT TOUCHED THIS IN A WHILE, BUT I HAVE MADE SOMETHING THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE USEFUL TO OTHER PEOPLE! THESE ARE POSTERS MADE FOR TOOL SAFETY AND USE FOR THE CIRCUITRUNNERS SAM EISEN WORKSHOP. SO FAR, I HAVE JUST MADE THEM FOR THE LARGE STATIONARY POWER TOOLS IN THE SHOP. THEY INCLUDE GENERAL TIPS OF USE AND ICONS DISPLAYING GENERAL SAFETY PRACTICE SUCH AS TO WHERE SAFETY GLASSES, EAR PLUGS, ETC. OF COURSE, THEY ARE GREEN (GO CIRCUITRUNNERS!) AND HAVE SOME NICK-NAMES OF THINGS SUCH AS THE SLAVE, A HORIZONTAL BAND SAW. I GIVE YOU ALL RIGHTS TO COPY THESE FILES AND DO WITH THEM AS YOU MAY.

SKYVENTURE

OK SO IF YOU ARE EVER IN ORLANDO FLORIDA, ALL YOU EVER HEAR ABOUT IS DISNEY AND UNIVERSAL AND OTHER TOURIST TRAPS BUT SKY DIVING IS PROBABLY THE BEST TRAP TO EVER FALL INTO! IT IS ACTUALLY COSTS ABOUT THE SAME IF NOT LOWER THAN A PARK TICKET, BUT THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN ANY COASTER OR RIDE IN ANY OF THE DISNEY/UNIVERSAL PARK! AFTER GETTING SUITED UP, YOU JUMP INTO A VERTICAL WIND TUNNEL THAT SIMULATES FREE-FALL! EACH RUN IS THE SAME AS ONE ACTUAL JUMP AND YOU GET TWO RUNS! AND THE GREAT THING IS THAT IT REALLY IS NOT ALL THAT MUCH TOURISTY! YOU DO NEED TO CALL FOR RESERVATIONS IN THE HOLIDAY SEASONS THOUGH. THIS PLACE IS COMPLETELY LEGIT THOUGH, PROFESSIONAL SKY DIVE TEAMS AND EVEN THE MILITARY USE THIS PLACE TO PRACTICE BECAUSE IT IS A WHOLE LOT CHEAPER THAN GOING UP IN PLANES HUNDREDS OF TIMES! I HAVE RIDDEN EVERY RIDE AT BOTH UNIVERSAL AND DISNEY PARKS IN ORLANDO AND THIS IS THE ALL-TIME BEST THING TO DO EVER! 

EARLY MORNINGS

SO ON MONDAY APRIL 5TH, WE WOKE UP AT 12AM TO DRIVE FROM ORLANDO TO TITUSVILLE, FL TO GO TO SPACE VIEW PARK TO SEE THE SHUTTLE LAUNCH! IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST EPIC THING I HAVE EVER SEEN! THE ENGINES LIGHT UP THE SKY ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU COULD READ A NEWSPAPER IF YOU WANTED TO! A SHORT WHILE AFTER YOU SEE IT, YOU HEAR AND FEEL IT. THE RUMBLE IS HEARD AND YOU CAN FEEL THE AIR PULSING AROUND YOU! ONCE IT IS HIGHER, THE BOOSTERS FALL OFF, AND THEY ARE OFF TO SPACE AND AN AWESOME GLOW APPEARS AROUND THE SHUTTLE WHEN IT IS EXITING THE ATMOSPHERE. THE LAUNCH WAS AT 6, BUT WE HAD TO BE THERE AT 3 TO EVEN GET A PARKING SPACE! AFTER SOME CAMERA TROUBLES, THESE ARE THE BEST PICTURES I HAVE.

SHAFT BEARING

THIS WAS... FUN! VERY COMPLICATED WITH TONS OF BOOK ERRORS. THIS DRAWING INCLUDES A FULL SIDE VIEW,  PARTIAL FRONT, SIDE AUXILARY AND A BREAK VIEW! GLAD WHOEVER'S SHAFT NOW HAS A BEARING BRAKET!