ENGR 2192 Introduction to Making Spring 2026

 Process I began by sketching some ideas for a tool tote in my notebook. I initially envisioned including small feet on the corners to lift the base off the ground, but eventually scrapped that idea because of concerns of instability when placed on uneven surfaces. I then designed my tool tote in Fusion, which was quite a learning experience. I included some curves to break up the boxy design and reduce the weight. I also included two notches in the center dividers to slot in a ruler and lowered the walls of the central compartment to help get large tools out from under the handle. Though I had submitted my design for a grade, I felt that I could improve on it further, gaining more interior space by moving the handle supports to the edges of the design wather than on the dividers in the middle. This would allow me to laser-cut modular dividers later on, which would take up much less room than the thick 3/4 inch dividers I had initially planned. I rounded the edges of my supports mo...

  Process:      Our first class project was to design a tool tote in Fusion 360, then fabricate it out of wood using the wood shop. The first step of this process was to create my design in Fusion with some standardized guidelines from the assignment: the tool tote was required to have a carrying handle, be rectangular in nature, and be made out of (ideally) a single plank of plywood.      I wanted my tool tote to be multipurpose depending on my needs at the time, so within my design I planned to include removable dividers to allow for different sized tools. The dimensions of the tool tote are designed to fit pencils, pens, and other drawing materials across the length of the divider, while allowing for smaller sections to be created to hold other materials such as erasers or pencil sharpeners.         My original tool tote design featured an open top and handles built into the sides of the overall frame, but after discussion w...

 Process For Project 1, we were assigned to make a tool tote that was rectangular in shape and featured a handle. The tote was to be first drafted in Fusion 360 before being physically made in the woodshop with a plank of wood that was 11 ¾” x 96” x ¾”. Going into this project, I first planned the intent of this tool tote. I knew I wanted this tote to be something I could feasibly use in a studio space and had a decent idea of what kind of items I would want it to carry for ease of access. Namely, I wanted the tool tote to have compartments to carry items like rulers, pencils, tape, glue bottles, and drafting triangles, all while still having room for little knickknacks procured for whatever project I would be working on at the time. As a result, I started by first outlining the sizes of each compartment of the tool tote before trying to figure out the best way to orient these compartments so that the tote would be evenly distributed in weight while still being easy to use. After...

 Shumyla Lopez Project 1: Building with Hand Tools Process: The introductory "tutorial" task in creating a birdhouse allowed me to develop a basic understanding of the hand tools around the makerpace (drill, saw, laser cutter, etc). At first there was a little bit oif a learning curve in using the hand tools, however I began to gain more confidence in using larger tools, such as the wood saw.                                                                              After completeing the tutorial, I was tasked with the first project, creating a tool box. In starting this process, we created a sketch to build a tote box, laying out the dimensions and specifying cuts. Initially, I created a Fusion sketch that was much too small, therefore I decided to upscale the dimensions. In doing so, I ...