So my daughter, who just got her Electrical Enginering degree requested a Buzz Lightyear themed Grad party.
I created this cute rocket to hold some kisses for her…
It was quite fun designing it all to fit together. I’m sure my mechanical designer husband could have whipped this out faster in AutoCad but I’m pretty good with Corel Draw😁
I designed it to fit snuggly together, adjusting for the kerf so it could be taken apart and not need glue. I even designed a piece at the bottom to snap into the three legs to hold it together.
Of course with my first attempt, I forgot I had my 1.5" lens in the cutter and it cut the edges with a slant. So when I started assembling it, the pieces didn’t go in at the necessary 90° angle so it just broke apart…
Changed out the lens for the 2.0 and cut again. I also loosened up the slot sizes to add a bit of wiggle room for any more slight edge angles. I abandoned the clip part on the bottom since the fit was snug enough to keep it together.
I go to so many fund-raising dinners. The centerpieces are sometimes given away, but some times they are part of the fund raising and they are auctioned off or sold. Definitely some creativity around centerpieces will be in order. Cool table numbers and gala themed stuff.
