09.05.01
I made this today for my Metals I class.
It is a hand-cut copper cross-section of an orange, at about 110% scale.
(Just in case you were wondering.)
It is supposed to be not perfectly round, and a little rough, because oranges are organic shapes, which are not perfectly round and a little rough.
I smoothed it enough on the edges that you can't cut yourself, unless you are really, really trying.
(It is also a great deal shinier in person.)
The T.A. basically said, "This is how you use the drill press to make holes for you to insert your saw into the metal. This is how you use a saw. Your assignment is due slightly less than 48 hours from now, and outside of classes, which monopolize the majority of the shop hours, you will have about 8 hours in which to get this done, barring the fact that you may already have families, jobs, and/or lives that you live. I'm not going to give you any specific instructions about what you should do for the assignment, and I won't be showing you how to do any of the other things you might need to know how to do to finish the assigment, either. That's what the grad student lab monitors are there for. Now, go buy some metal and get crazy!"
Okay, maybe I am exaggerating slightly, but that's what she meant.
