My idea for a vinyl cut stick was I picture of Hermes I took inside the Louvre, so 
                I transformed my image into black and white, and then converted it to an svg. I didn't 
                get the detail I wanted out of my vinyl cut, probably because I didn't use a 
                small enough knife. It looks acceptable, but the line definition could have been 
                way better. 
            

Laser Cutter

                My idea came into fruition when I was thinking about laser cutting a bridge design for 
                my parametric snap fit kit. I really like the look of the ribs of wood in this 
                particular bridge. Aesthetically and conceptually, I wanted to go into this direction.

                
 

                I found clarity for my design when I saw a picture of this:

                

                This idea wasn't perfect because I couldn't figure out how I would make a snap fit kit 
                that could be built in multiple ways. The 3d surface could only be put together in 
                one way. 

                So my idea evolved when I realized these surface looked like something I learned in 
                my calculus classes in high school. 

                

                I wanted to build a wood kit that would form sinusoidal waves. 

                And this is my Fusion model:

                

                Parametric design  and  constraints  were so difficult to implement because I would 
                always get errors like "this design is over constrained" by Fusion, then on top
                of that adding parameters to make my design flexible to change was hard for the sine 
                waves because the notches would always get messed up. In the end, I played around with 
                Fusion and made it work. 
            

                  
                I was using the Glowforge which has an insane kerf so I had to change my kerf parameter 
                in Fusion to match. It was like 0.6 mm, so this first prototype was too loose of a fit.
                

                
                Dialed in the kerf here.
                

                
                

                

                It works as a desk organizer!