Reel Maker Coin

Summary:

• All coins must be made from an initial revolve resulting in a coin that is 6cm in diameter and 1.25cm in thickness.
• Must not require ANY supports, (no supports).
• Should be gear-esque in nature.
• NO moving parts, (no gyroscopes, fidget spinners, etc.)
• Must slope downwards towards the center in some fashion.

Lesson Plan/ Activity:

• The maker coin design is initiated with a shape, that is typically made through the usages of two circles, that gets revolved to make a coin
• Sizes of the design (on the coin) can change 
• Uniqueness to the coin design is usually seen on the outside corners where individuals can create different types of edges. 
• The foundation of the revolution shape is also changed to fit the idea of the designer 
• These changes add to the uniqueness of individual Maker Coin Designs 

https://www.printables.com/model/414184-maker-coin

After looking at some examples through Printables and other sites I found this particular shape very interesting and thought of implementing something like it in my design. To add on to it I also made a shape to revolve around the same axis as the first one and had that act as a Halo type thing for this design. This was later modified to spin.

Original sketch 

Second sketch

Cross sectional view

A little bit of gap was added to allow for a spinning nature on this design. The two ends were also filleted to allow for a smoother spin. 

DESIGN CHOICES:
 

#1:

For the top of the maker coin I initially wanted to do a microphone logo but didn’t like how it was coming out so I decided to do a reel icon instead.

After the sketch was done I started extruding and needed to make overlaps in the sketch for some features to be able to be extruded.

In the above picture these overlaps include:

#1

               #2

#2: 

The Halo thing around the whole design was also looking very plan so I added some type of oval shaped extruded cuts. Later I made a Linear pattern of these cuts to fill the design. 

After Printing:

After printing the initial design the bottom of the coin was too rusty and didn't allow for the spinning nature of the coin.

BOTTOM

TOP

to fix this issue the bottom of the first revolving sketch was made a bit more flat. this was it was easier to print and the coin had a spinning halo around it. 

BOTTOM

TOP: