Projects with Aarav

Making a Neon LED Sign Board We had ordered some neon LED strips about two years ago when we planned to use them for various projects. However, over time, we forgot about them, and they were left in the cupboard all this time until we finally found them two days ago. When I first saw them, I didn't know what they were. Then, my father told me that they were Neon LED Strips used in LED signboards.   I was fascinated to see them. Then, my father suggested that I make an LED signboard for the DIY Lab. I was thrilled to create the signboard. First, I connected the LED strips to a power supply to check if they were working, and to my surprise, they looked beautiful. The bright, neon light was mesmerising.  I even switched the lights off to see them in the darkness, and they were looking awesome. Now, determined to make the signboard, I started planning. We first took references from the internet and understood the basic process to make the signboard. Then, we decided to use a big, ...

 Making a Portable, Hand-held Fan (Porta-Fan) So the other day, I was given an exercise to redesign a hand-held, portable fan. I thought it'd be easy and simple. So, I started doing some ideation and started sketching some basic ideas. I finally came to a design that I thought would be perfect. I'd added some cool features to it and made its shape unique, and I personally thought it'd be great and it'd work. Two days go by, and I randomly get the thought to make the fan IRL. After all, I had all the stuff and tools I needed. I was excited to make the fan.  So, one day, I opened Tinkercad and took some basic measurements and started designing it. I took the measurements according to the motor I'd chosen, and the batteries and the wires and the buttons, etc. I finalised the design and asked my father if I could print it. He then asked me whether the design was correct and whether all the measurements were accurate. And I confidently said yes. Done, I sliced it, and it...

Making 3D models out of paper  I've always wanted to make some 3D models out of paper. However, the models I wanted to make weren't easy to draw, cut, and stick. So, I asked my father, and he said, ``Well, we already have the tools, don't we. Then, I realised that he was talking about our Cricut machine. So, I gathered all the stuff that I needed, and then I got to work.  I took the laptop and started searching for low-poly 3d models on Google. But then I remembered the trick my father showed me to make any round 3D model, to make it low-poly. I downloaded a .STL file of a head and opened it in Blender and downloaded it. After that, I opened the low-poly 3d head in Pepakura software and then made it 2D using the unfold tool. So, by doing that, I got the unfolded 2D model on an A4 sheet.  Then, I took the PDF and imported it into the Inkscape software. I traced its bitmap and then uploaded it to the Cricut Design Space software. Then, the rest was all easy. I cut the 2D de...