<h1><p style="font-family:georgia; font-size:x-large"> <i><b> 🦀 🦀 CRAB BAG 🦀 🦀 </i></b> </p> </h1>
<img src="5.1.png" alt="crab bag" width="800" </img>
<img src="5.2.png" alt="crab bag 2" width="800" </img>
<p style="font-family:'Gill Sans', 'Gill Sans MT', Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"> this week, the spirit of the chefs at mather dining hall spoke through me through their crab rangoons and created this bag. it is made of four little crabs encased in a square wonton. its a little flirty given its see through design. it made of 99.9% 3d printed materials (the .1% being the little stitches on the handles), comprised of 31 individual pieces. here is the pattern. </p>
<img src="5.9.png" alt="crab bag pattern" width="800" </img>
<p style="font-family:'Gill Sans', 'Gill Sans MT', Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"> to make this bag, i designed the pieces really simply in fusion 360. i had to hand draw the crab using the split line function, which was a headache. the other parts are just simple shapes. in retrospect, i wish i made the squares just a bit smaller such that the body of the bag fit on the plate of the printer. since i didn’t, the pieces were just a bit too big to combine on one plate so the vast majority of pieces i had to print individually. this ate up my time as i spent the week camping in the fab lab to hit start every 30 mins. </p>
<img src="5.3.png" alt="fusion crab" width="500" </img>
<p style="font-family:'Gill Sans', 'Gill Sans MT', Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"> her chair is made from roughly 300 puzzle pieces constructed from cardboard, cut with the laser cutter. to create these pieces, i made a rounded square measuring .75inx.75in in fusion360, then took out little spots so they could fit together. i measured the thickness of the cardboard (2.6mm) then added a little cushion for kerf. they fit together on the first go 🥳 🥳 🥳, so i did not need to readjust anything. i printed all my pieces, then i scuttled back to mather to create my chair. i freestyled the assembly until i got a chair. </p>
<img src="5.4.png" alt="prusa crab" width="500" </img>
<p style="font-family:'Gill Sans', 'Gill Sans MT', Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"> after i had the pieces, i soldered them together. this was so so fun and surprisingly easy. i noticed there was a shiny side and a matte side, and i only wanted the matte side to be visible, so i made sure to only solder on the shiny sides and leave the matte side untouched. the bond was strong enough for me to not touch the matte side, and that became the visible portion of the bag. </p>
<img src="5.5.jpeg" alt="solder crab" width="500" </img>
<p style="font-family:'Gill Sans', 'Gill Sans MT', Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"> i then attached the pieces for the front, the back, and the handles. to assemble the bag, i (1) attached the sides to the front, (2) attached the bottom to the front, (3) attached the bottom to the sides, (4) attached the back to the sides, (5) attached the back to the bottom, and, finally, (6) attached the handles to the bag. </p>
<img src="5.6.png" alt="crab front piece" width="500" </img>
<p style="font-family:'Gill Sans', 'Gill Sans MT', Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"> now that my bag is done, i tested it. it fits my ipad and notebook and holds them without stress, a true miracle of engineering </p>
<img src="5.7.png" alt="full crab bag" width="1300" </img>