If I learned anything this semester

okay, ill admit I learned a lot in this class this semester. From learning the purpose behind the horn on a train to learning how to make my life just a tad less complicated with a simple 3D print.

While I struggled in most of the things in this class, I can proudly say that this project was one of the lower things on that list.

I decided to create a lipstick holder to keep my makeup vanity (and my life) a little more organized. When I stupidly made the decision to use freecad I honestly threw that idea out of the window and said fuck it, lets look up a tutorial on how to make something else using fusion 360. On the lovely youtube I found a step by step tutorial on how to make an actual lipstick print. This was my first time using Fusion 360 (as I foolishly didn’t submit the previous fusion assignment) and obviously my first time actually 3D printing and let me tell you that while I misjudged the size of my lipstick, I didn’t end up with spaghetti (still a win right?)

Here’s a picture of my miniature lipstick, next to my can of monster just so you can get a feel for how much I was off with the size.

While I was just going to submit this as my assignment, something in me decided to give the lipstick holder another try and let me tell you that I DID THE DAMN THING. Using the skills I picked up following the lipstick tutorial I was able to bust out an awesome freaking lipstick holder that really is going to make my life a lil better.

This was the first draft of the lipstick holder created with fusion and once I again, I misjudged the size and had to shrink it down a bit because this wouldn’t fit on the printer bed.

Here’s what I REALLY ended up with.

I’d just like to add in that I am currently writing this on the Thursday night before this assignment is due (man I am so glad you extended the deadline) because my print took 9 hours to finish. I am super excited, and a little bit nervous, to go to the Ihub tomorrow and pick it up but if I botched my second print, at least I didn’t botch the first print and I mean, its the thought (and effort) that counts amirite?

Update: It is now Friday morning, I have secured, the print, and it is bomb af

I kinda wish the printers would’ve been capable of printing my original holder because I definitely have more lipsticks than this but hey maybe ill be back in the fall to print a couple more of these haha