Maker Coin

Summary

The makercoin was assigned with the constraints of 1.25 cm tall by 6 cm across. The coin had to have been revolved and included no supports. There were no moving parts allowed either. The sides of the maker coin also had to resemble a gear. Finally, the last constraint that was presented to the class was that the coin must slope downward towards the center of the coin. My coin started off as a vague sketch that I wanted to experiment with. I wanted to incorporate the design of bricks into the coin and I originally had the brick pattern through the inside of the coin with my initials (AC) engraved on the top. I also originally wanted to make the bricks in a horizontal pattern through the whole coin. 

Overview and Background

Design choices I made along the way mostly had to do with the layout of the coin. Once I realized that a circular pattern was best for the bricks, I incorporated two rows, extruding them out.

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I also needed to make the gear-esk shape for the sides as laid out in the directions. From here I wanted to layer the two rows. 

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Since the bricks would be too small to print if I was to continue on with the same pattern, I was left with a blank space in the middle of the coin. Since this wasn't in the original design, I tried different fillers for the middle. I found that layering squares in the middle brought the best look that fit the style of the coin. 

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 Then, I engraved the letters on the top as well as adding a few aesthetic engravings in the middle to further match the theme of the coin. 

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Finally, I added filets on all of the sharp corners, smoothing it out and hopefully making the print smoother.

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