In this post, we provide a summary of the project work done this semester to produce the Compact Constant Velocity (CCV) Joint. As we have already detailed in the previous posts, the CCV Joint consists …
Month: April 2017
Constant Velocity Joint Improvements
Constant Velocity Joint Improvements Greetings! Our initial prototype is shown below in Figure 1. Figure 1. Assembly Prototype of the Compact Constant Velocity (CCV) Joint The joint works well to demonstrate …
Lessons Learned – How to Print 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 …
Bucky Assembly Evaluation (…Last time, we promise)
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 …
Marble Machine Final Assembly
This post is intended describe the final assembly and summarize the work that was accomplished over the previous semester. As mentioned in the previous blog posts, the final assembly consists of 4 individual 3D printed …
Fidget Cube Final Assembly Evaluation
General Figure 1. Fin Support Issue One factor that should be considered in the final assembly is ensuring the PVA support material sets on the first layer of the PVA. We had trouble …
Marble Machine Optimization
Following the successful printing of the initial prototype, the next goal was to successfully print the track and cylinder using two different colors of PLA. As discussed in the 3D CAD design post, we separated …
Marble Machine Prototype
This post will describe the printer settings, the CAD models printed, and the results for our initial prototypes. We initially printed all of the parts that comprised The 3D Printed Marble Machine #2 which …
Constant Velocity Joint Optimization
Now that we’ve gotten a few prototypes printed, we set off towards optimizing that design to create a more functional part. Below are two of our initial prototype builds that have been highlighted in previous blog …
Fidget Cube Optimization
With knowing what issues we ran into in the first prototype, we worked on optimizing the designs in multiple ways. The first was print times, we used the data that was gathered on print times …