Mental Armor 6 | Sam Riordan

My "Mental Armor" project was inspired by my family, and the obligatory gift-giving that would have to happen during the upcoming Christmas holidays. I didn't particularly need anything new, which initially hindered my design process. But, with Christmas rapidly approaching, I realized I could force the CNC machine to do all the heavy lifting in the present manufacturing for me. Thus, my project was born, and with the CNC I created a series of bookends, the tidiest of which can be seen below:

(The "I" is my little sister's first initial. Adorable, I know)

These are all of the pieces I cut. Unfortunately, the CNC router bit chewed up the edges of a lot of my pieces, and also wussed out on cutting the notches needed to fit the pieces together, so I had to fix a lot of things in wood shop later. This project definitely taught me to make sure to fully understand a piece of technology before attempting to use it. I also learned that you can force automated machinery to crank out presents for your family members! Yay holidays!