I am happy with this project. The designing and creating in Inventor was my favorite part. Again, I was able to express my creativity. However, prior to this circular maze, I created a rectangular maze, but too many error messages occurred in Fusion, so I re-did the whole think. Let me tell you, the circular maze went through with no errors, so I recommend circular mazes. The router was easy to use but hard to remember the steps. There was no sheet to help remember the steps, but I enjoyed this project for the most part.
This was my design in my notebook. This was actually my second design, since my first one did not turn out.
Here is a screen shot of my maze being set up in Fusion.
This is the router doing its work!
Final product without my name engraved in it.
Mill - Brake Bracket
Let me start by saying, I hated this project. Fusion and using the mill was a huge issue for me. I originally did not set this up correctly in Fusion (problem #1) and when I went to use the mill, everything went downhill from there (problem #2). The first time I tried to cut this out, the machine was not working correctly, then when I finally cut this out, I cancelled the program because I thought something was wrong. Nothing was wrong, so I wasted about 10 minutes. But the brake bracket looks like it is supposed to, so I can not complain about that. Lastly, I would not use this machine again, as it caused way too many problems for my liking.
After I designed this object in Inventor, I followed the directions on how to set this up in Fusion.
This is the mill doing its work!
Engraving Process
This is what the engraving would look like. I had to change the setting because the coloring would need to be the bluest of blues.
Name engrave in the maze. This engraving process was tough since the shape was circular. I had to find a space where all lettering would fit.