Upon successful printing after our first design modifications, we analyzed the bottle opener and new concerns and ideas arose. The bottle opener had been printed to restrict hinge movement past 90 degrees (see Figure 1 …
Optimization
3.) Optimization of the Crossbow
Testing and Design Optimization To test the initial design of the Snap Fit Mini Crossbow we printed the grip and trigger mechanism with the Flash Forge Replicator Dual. We investigated if the assembly of the …
Beer Faucet – Optimizations, problems, and solutions.
The main focus of this blog post will pertain to the discussion of optimizations made for our designs, and go into detail on some problems we have stumbled upon, and how we have managed to …
Trebuchet #2 – Testing Again
We’re back for another round of trebuchet testing, and this time the prototype is beginning to look like a functioning weapon of (small scale) warfare. Above you can see the prototype assembly. The supports hold …
Trebuchet #2 – Printing Supports.
Our next step in our trebuchet project is to print actual supports for our arm-counterweight assembly. We generated a very simple design to suit our needs. Up to this point we had only printed parts …
Trebuchet Team 1 picture of the first and latest built trebuchets
Trebuchet Team 1 picture of the first and latest built trebuchets To give you an idea how the changes we made effect the final Trebuchet we want to provide you with pictures of the first …
Trebuchet Design Optimization
Upon completion of our first prototype, it was clear that our components were oversized which led to a long build time of approximately 13 hours. To optimize the design we reduced the number of parts, …