My First Print (Part 1)

    We were given the assignment to begin our first print for this course with a ring. The first thing that came to me was to make a green lantern ring. So I modeled the green lantern ring in TinkerCad and got the green lantern corps emblem online as a stl file. I imported it into TinkerCad and finished a smooth model.




    Overall, I was very pleased with how the model turned out. I decided to start by cutting a hole through a sphere. The model shows that the ring is thicker at the top and gets thinner towards the bottom. I did this on purpose to fit the insignia onto the top of the ring. In the end, my model was successful, and I am now ready to print in the Fab Lab!

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