Log
4.6. The team spent most of the time brainstorming. We had some difficulties deciding on a project. We went through ideas such as a toothpaste and amenity dispenser for airports, or a . We even thought about the amazing convenience ducks have, being able to fly, swim, and travel on land.
With inspiration from the self-leveling pool table on a cruise ship, we aimed to create a seat that could essentially do the same thing and reduce sea-sickness.
At this point, we were still unsure about the mechanics and how our chair would actually work.
4.11 After some more research we found out about the Gyro Bowl and took inspiration from it. We began drawing out designs on a whiteboard, created our website, and fiddling with designs in TinkerCAD. After the last meeting, we had printed out a couple of trials to try to recreate the mechanics of the Gyro Bowl, but unfortunately they did not work out as they were either too thick or did not fit together nicely.
4.18 We went back to the drawing board and tried to make our design as specific as possible. We pondered the specifics of how we would attach the parts together and continued to attempt to perfect the gyro bowl. We also tried to design the chair/the seat, however the program we are using (TinkerCAD) is very finicky. Eventually we decided on repurposing a failed bowl into the seat, as it was close enough to what we wanted. We also printed and designed the height adjustment mechanism, but one part was too big. Subsequent attempts to reprint a smaller version failed due to printer difficulties.
4.25 On this day we met during lunch and after school. We continued to work on the designs and were getting many failed prints. Sometimes the printer would stop working and it wouldn't calibrate properly. Other times, wouldn't print exactly or the temperature would melt already existing parts. By now we knew how it should be and how the concept worked, but we couldn't get the prints to fit together and work well. We printed the base for the chair and a new prototype for the stabilizing mechanism with pegs. We first printed it without supports, but then decided that supports would prevent droopy pegs and provide a sturdier print. The supports were, however, a little hard to remove, especially from the bowl.
4.28 Two members of the team met at lunch and surveyed our progress. The holes in which the pegs were supposed to insert did not print too well, and we contemplated just melting the plastic with a hot tool to create the holes/enlarge them.
5.2 Probably our last meeting. Continued to try working on the model, but kept printing. We finished up with our last touches and got ready for the presentation.
With inspiration from the self-leveling pool table on a cruise ship, we aimed to create a seat that could essentially do the same thing and reduce sea-sickness.
At this point, we were still unsure about the mechanics and how our chair would actually work.
4.11 After some more research we found out about the Gyro Bowl and took inspiration from it. We began drawing out designs on a whiteboard, created our website, and fiddling with designs in TinkerCAD. After the last meeting, we had printed out a couple of trials to try to recreate the mechanics of the Gyro Bowl, but unfortunately they did not work out as they were either too thick or did not fit together nicely.
4.18 We went back to the drawing board and tried to make our design as specific as possible. We pondered the specifics of how we would attach the parts together and continued to attempt to perfect the gyro bowl. We also tried to design the chair/the seat, however the program we are using (TinkerCAD) is very finicky. Eventually we decided on repurposing a failed bowl into the seat, as it was close enough to what we wanted. We also printed and designed the height adjustment mechanism, but one part was too big. Subsequent attempts to reprint a smaller version failed due to printer difficulties.
4.25 On this day we met during lunch and after school. We continued to work on the designs and were getting many failed prints. Sometimes the printer would stop working and it wouldn't calibrate properly. Other times, wouldn't print exactly or the temperature would melt already existing parts. By now we knew how it should be and how the concept worked, but we couldn't get the prints to fit together and work well. We printed the base for the chair and a new prototype for the stabilizing mechanism with pegs. We first printed it without supports, but then decided that supports would prevent droopy pegs and provide a sturdier print. The supports were, however, a little hard to remove, especially from the bowl.
4.28 Two members of the team met at lunch and surveyed our progress. The holes in which the pegs were supposed to insert did not print too well, and we contemplated just melting the plastic with a hot tool to create the holes/enlarge them.
5.2 Probably our last meeting. Continued to try working on the model, but kept printing. We finished up with our last touches and got ready for the presentation.