Week 22 Progress (2017-4-5)

Over spring break, Claude and his father used the table saw to cut the interlocking columns out of 2x2 wood for everyone to use. Also, Claude finalized some of his CAD work for the "palm tree" model of our three structures for the architectural model. He recontacted Dr. Youssefi for the revised clamps, and we likely will have the new sizing prototypes on Friday. Also, He began work designing the template for the laser cut acrylic parts, which will act as the supports and guide way structures. Shown below is one of the new clamps as well as the first draft the acrylic sheet pattern.

Winter and Kevin didn't get too much progress completed on the wooden prototype, but as a reminder, it is shown below. Next steps are to design some kind of clamp to demonstrate how the connections at the top, bottom, left, and right would work. In the next few days, Claude will give Winter a piece of the interlocking column so they can design around those dimensions.

Finally, Kathlyn worked on her prototype, which is made out of PVC pipe. She heated it over the stove, then bent it to a different cat's eye shape according to rough dimensions. The models she created are shown below, though we will probably use the top design to differentiate from the wooden model above.

Finally, we worked on our Presentation 2, which will be presented on Wednesday, and therefore the link will be posted on the blog next week. We also will work on our individual writing assignments by Friday.