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That's All Folks:

In all, I personally really enjoyed the project and challenging aspects given to us as students. It allowed for our creativity to run free and explore the field of technology. 

We hope you enjoyed reading this blog on how to create your very own hanging, portable phone charging stand. If you're confused as this is the first section you see, feel free to scroll down to the start of the blog. 

Thank you for reading and we hope you enjoyed the project!

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Building Progress:

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Final Thoughts: 

Some final thoughts and reflections on the build are:

Use a better tool to cut the inner portion of the foam block:

This is because it took way too long to shave out the inside to perfectly fit the phone we were planning on putting into the charging stand as a tester. If there was another tool that would speed up the process and make it more enjoyable I would strongly recommend doing that instead.

Attach a strap to secure the phone in the charger at all times:

By attaching a strap around the front of the charging stand it ensures that the phone is secured in the stand. Keeping it protected from falling out and potentially breaking. Gives both the phone and the owner of the phone security. 

Make the section for the phone bigger:

Making the section for the phone bigger would be a positive addition because then the charging stand would be able to fit more variants of new phones. For example, the phone we used as an example was roughly 3 x 6 inches, whereas new phones are much longer approaching the 7 inch mark in length. This allows for more phones to fit in the charging stand.

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Problems: 

Being busy students we found our schedules conflicted often and there was hardly time to get together to actually construct the build. It is what it is and was just something we had to figure out along the way. 

However, soon enough construction began and overall the process was smooth and simple. Some parts took a long time to do and others not so much. Regardless, we still ran into some problems along the way. The main issues were…

Shaving and scraping out the foam rectangle to match the shape of our phone took a very long time. 

It was difficult to precisely measure the foam black sheets and attach them to the perimeter of the chagrin stand. 

Lastly, it took a long time for the phone holding section to sick and glue onto the wooden sheet/panel

Ultimately, the solution to all our problems was to just take our time and trust the process. Patiences was key to our success in the completion of this build.

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Trip To The Store:

A trip was taken to Micheals, an art supply store, and the hunt for material began. Eventually we got everything we needed for less than 20$. The foam block was 7$, the wooden sheet with attached hanger was on sale for 3$, and 3 black foam sheets were 6$. In all, anyone can easily find the materials needed for under 20$.

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New Material List:

The new materials needed for this build are…

Thin wooden sheet/panel with attached hanger

Thin black (or any color) foam sheets 

Glue

Scissors

Rulers

3D Rectangular foam block

News paper

Small Knife

Pencil/Pen

Most of these items such as the glue, rulers, scissors, newspaper, pencil/pen, and small knife can be found within any normal household. All one should really have to buy is the black foam sheets, wooden sheet/panel, and rectangle foam block.  

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First Issue/Readjustment:

After consulting with an employee at Home Depot we were advised to use proper equipment when constructing the stand. This was because without the use of a proper mechanical table saw we wouldn't be able to accurately, nor safely cut the wood. With that now in our minds and no access or experience with table saws we did some re-thinking. We decided to change our design, rather than a purely wooden phone stand we went with primarily foam based attached to a wooden sheet that had the ability to be hung on a wall. This new design kept our project affordable, yet still unique and creative. 

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Materials Needed:

After class, Reid and I got together and discussed the materials we would need for this build. While trying our best to keep in mind our 20$ budget the list of items we figured we would need are…

Wood plank

Hand held saw

Glue for wood

Rulers

Pencil/pen

Open/safe workspace

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Our Thoughts...

During one of the classes this week we took the time to brainstorm some ideas and put our thoughts on paper. Reid and I were able to come up with some good thoughts. We mostly wanted to build something we could use in our everyday life to give the build more value. As class continued, we landed on the idea of creating our very own wooden phone charging stand. We believe this is a great idea as the average well designed charging stand can range anywhere from 50$ - 150$. So let's see what we will create!

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Welcome!

Hello! Welcome to Zero To One Hundred, the blog space created by Marcello Colucci and Reid Curitti. We are two students that are enrolled in the Media Arts class at McMaster University. The challenge presented to us was to create a high tech media related tool into a low tech build that anyone could be able to do. The budget given to us was only 20$ leaving us with minimal room to purchase expensive materials for the project. Continue to follow along and view the progress of what we end up making.