Penny Hockey Fabrication Day 4

Today I finally got to laser engrave. Below shows what my logo looked like before being printed. I decided to use this logo instead of the one previously mentioned because it seemed like every person I spoke to outside of STEM did not know what a penny hockey set was.

Penny hockey logo I designed 

Here is a picture of the laser engraver setup. It works just like a normal paper printer. I connected a PC to the laser engraver, then copied and pasted the logo into Adobe Illustrator. I adjusted the dimensions in the program so the logo would be centered when it was printed. I also adjusted the speed and strength of the laser to accompany the material it was engraving. Simply select File, Print to send a message to the engraver. The laser engraver is much easier to use than I had expected. I was even able to help classmates who were not familiar with how to operate it.

GBS Makerspace laser engraver 

This is what my vinyl tile looked like once I printed the logo. I purposely designed it so that there would be space on the ends to drill the goals. The back of the tile was adhesive, so I was able to easily place it onto the base board.

Vinyl tile after I laser engraved the logo into it

The next thing I did was mark where the goals and defenders would be placed. I based the positions off of previous research conducted in the beginning of the project. I marked the goals 1" away from the edge of each end to provide maximum playing space. I plan on placing defenders evenly across the board to make the game challenging but not impossible.

Me measuring goalie placement

For the next class, I will use the drill press based off the marks I made. I will also need to nail on the boundaries.