Assembly Practice I wanted to make a more interesting press-fit construction kit than just circles or squares, so I decided to have an end-shape in mind. I wanted to make a car. My goal was to make one where the wheels could turn, but in hindsight, cardboard is not the best material for mobile objects because there is so much friction. I started by drawing in my sketchbook. I would need a car bed, four wheels, two axels, and something to make sure the wheels stayed in place when it moved. There were a lot more parts than I initially thought there would be. In Fusion 360, I used the assembly tool to check how my pieces fit together before I wasted material in the laser cutter. I was able to find a lot of errors in my original design this way.
I ended up producing a car that fits together nicely, but it doesn't move like I wanted it to. Some of the connections are loose because I needed the car to move, like the inner radius of the wheels. If I were to do this again, I would definitely use a different material than cardboard.