All done for the term

I took some video of individual monsters today. The disk i handed in with my portfolio has more videos- which are of higher quality than Blogger supports. Here's a few of them for ease of access.

The Inline Eight rotation to reciprocation convertor:


The round peg in the square hole:


The Floor Scraper

End of term display

Here are some images from my project's final display:

Aftermath

Here's a quick video I took with my digital camera. Better quality video to be included in portfolio.

Another one down

I lost another AC motor today. Of three AC motors I've used, two have already failed. I'm going to have to focus more on my DC motors and fans if I'm to have any acceptable level of reliability. Due to their low power this will require additional focus on gear ratios and other forms of mechanical advantage.

Newest addition to the family

This one moves laterally along the horizontal wire. Momentary touch switches are gong to be added to either side in order to change direction once the end is reached. I may leave taking care of direction switching to other monsters instead. This is something that will be finalized on final monster grouping composition.

Visualizing

I've been working abstractly in 3D rendering to play with ideas of shadow interaction and the spatial flattening that occurs in the transition from 3D volume to 2D plane. This will allow me to work more efficiently tomorrow once I start hanging machines. Here's a couple images of one of the situations I've been exploring.

Setting up

The jury room is finally being cleared out of the last of the concrete projects. I have reserved myself a spot and will begin setting up tomorrow. It will be nice to have space to work in for a change.