I began printing various parts of the wand at a smaller scale to ensure they would print properly.

After success with the small scale elements, I began printing the wand larger, as a solid object, to check that the dimensions and ratios were appropriate.

As a new 3D printer owner, I had to determine my printer’s settings and capabilities. Here, I began tolerance testing to fit the slide switch into my wand handle.

In order for my wand to use an LED light, I needed to incorporate two small coin batteries into the wand. The white and pink prints are explorations of different ways to house the two batteries.

Here, an LED is taped to the side of the crystal because I was doing different light placement studies.

Prior to this project, I had never worked with any form of electric circuitry or soldering. In this photo, I had successfully figured out how to wire the battery, LED, and light switch.

These prints were all tests on tolerances for final assembly parts; the battery holder, switch holder, button press-and-fit, and wand handle.

My final assembly was quite rushed, but I was able to assemble the wand with a working circuit. Though I was satisfied with my final, I wanted to take my prototype a step further and so I chose to create a second prototype the following semester (with upgraded components).