Bucky w/ Joints

Greetings, We wanted to briefly put together a list of things we learned about printing joints during this project to produce a moveable Bucky model.  Read below to learn about what parameters to consider when …

This is it!  We have our “perfect” movable Bucky with joints.  It only took us one… OK two more tries.  Read below to learn how we managed to achieve what could be the most impressive …

Hello, The previous post discussed our second attempt to produce a movable joint Bucky.  While we were technically successful meeting all of our design goals, we weren’t quite satisfied with the end result.  The joints …

Hello, After our first prototype (discussed in the previous blog post), we realized we made some critical mistakes.  This post will discuss our next attempt to print a full motion Bucky. Second Bucky Prototype (Bucky …

Hello, We have been busy making alterations to Bucky these past few weeks.  The following three blog posts will discuss the different designs we used and changes made for each version. First Bucky Prototype (Bucky …

Hello, This week our group focused on optimizing the build time, material usage, and part strength of our Bucky model. We tested Bucky standing up, laying on his side, and laying on his back.  Laying …

Greetings All, Last week we started to design joints for our move-able Bucky print.  We started with a single solid model and made extrusions along construction planes using SolidWorks to isolate appendages. Figure 1:  Slices …