Raghav's Maker Coin

History of the Maker Coin

The Maker Coin was First Popularized by Makers Muse, a popular 3D printing content creator. The idea of a versatile and customizable test print was appealing. Now instead of printing Benchys many people have switched to creating their own signature that they used to test filament and printer alignment. It soon spread to platforms like Thingiverse and Printables.

Objective

My Objective was to make a Maker Coin that represents an aspect of who I am, this could be a hobby, sport, music, etc.  The Maker Coin I would have to make would have to fit within a 6 cm by 1.5 cm cylinde

Initial Sketches

Cross Section

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After:

This sketch shows the cross section of my maker coin. In the final iteration of my maker coin the hull of a boat represented by a curved shape extruding from the maker coin  was made more blocky and the waves that were originally supposed to extrude from the surface of the coin were cut from the edge.  

Top Down View

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After:

This sketch shows the top down view of my model. Some changes I made include adding waves to the edges and adding more anchors. Overall these changes helped add more detail to my Maker Coin.

Inspiration and Design Choices

I Drew inspiration for my Maker Coin from sailing in particular. Being an avid sailor myself I thought it would be a good idea to use it as the theme of my maker coin.I included a lot of sailing related items like a sailboat, anchors, waves, and blue filament. The boat is capsized to provide a better view of the hull:

The anchors pattern the edge to fill some some of the blank pace that the sailboat can't reach:

The waves make the coin appear more like a gear and fill in blank space in between gears. This addition to my Maker coin was heavily influenced by the waves that MD3377 made on his Maker Coin:

As you can see in the pictures above I use a blue color that looks like water to go along with the sailing vibe.