Albert Como

16 posts

The future of the Carboner

April 28, 2016

Final Report Main Project 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

Final Project Report Continued: Why and What next? Reflection on the semester. Compare your original project intent to what you ended up with. How did the public react? What did you learn from your project, and from the class? What will you do next with the project? What do you wish you had done differently?…

Lugged Carbon Frame: What and How

April 21, 2016

Albert Como

Student Work, Update Weds April 20 2016, ZZ 2016

Blog: Final Project Report: What and How. Overall description and photos, then details of what you have made: CAD drawings, fabrication description, costs vs budget, etc. The frame is finally all assembled. At this point, all the remains before it can be built into a operating bicycle is curing of the epoxy, some finishing…

Lugged Bike Frame Update

April 13, 2016

Albert Como

Student Work, Update Weds April 13 2016, ZZ 2016

Finally in the project’s end game. There is a very good chance this will be done on time. The last of adhesive testing is done. My blend of epoxies is good for a shear strength of over 3000 psi. Given the smallest overlap is 2 inches, the weakest compressive/tensile link in the frame is 6000…

Bike Frame Update

April 6, 2016

Albert Como

Student Work, Update Weds April 6 2016, ZZ 2016

Completion finally feels like it is within reach. All the steel has been cut, excluding two saw cuts that will be fit a special way after the triangle comes together. My carbon process has been proven, though I intend to iterate it all the way until the end. The heat treating process for coloration is…

Bike Frame Influences

March 30, 2016

Albert Como

Impact of 20th Century design movements plus update Weds March 30 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

Originally, I was aiming for a highly angular design with bright colors and brush fonts, similar to the 80s “High Tech” aesthetic. http://gizmodo.com/nothing-is-better-than-these-80s-internet-depictions-of-1674498312 I’ve moved over to a more conservative aesthetic, that I see as having numerous, more poorly defined design inspiration. I have always been fascinated by blued steel and gilding, which I see…

Aesthetics Game

March 29, 2016

Albert Como

Aesthetics Game 2016, Major Design Movements Aesthetics Game 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

The Aesthetics Game before break, Matt Sturm and I got “Spaghetti Western” and “Baby Crib. To the left, we have the baby tombstone with the mobile. The head of the best is stylized after a headstone, the legs are shovels and the crib is lined with barbed wire to keep baby safe. From the rattlesnake…

Project Update: Lugged Carbon Frame

March 16, 2016

Albert Como

Student Work, Update Weds March 16, 2016, ZZ 2016

Practical Aspects A lot has changed. I learned a lot very quickly, and could no longer justify strict adherence to my original plan. It would be chasing the wrong goals. My original schedule (dates mark completion): 3/6 Mold (70%) 3/13 Composite Testing (started) 3/20 Geometry finalization (DONE!) 3/21 start carbon fiber (plans drawn, waiting on…

Carbon Fiber Frame: Constraints and crisis mitigation.

March 9, 2016

Albert Como

Student Work, Top 5 Constraints 2016, ZZ 2016

The primary constraints and concerns of the frame development process are as follows: Machine shop time. Getting parts into the machine shop queue is now my number one priority. There are a lot of parts, and they all need to be produced and validated. Most have already been submitted. Carbon fiber. Because machine shop has…

PDR: Lugged Carbon Bike

March 2, 2016

Albert Como

Main Project Design Review 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

What even is it? For my project, I’m building a bicycle frame. I’m trying to use a technology that was the cream of the crop during the late 80s and early 90s. Lugged carbon fiber. This process is essentially the use of metal to make the corners of the frame with carbon tubing adhered between…

Project Inspiration: Lugged Carbon Bike

February 23, 2016

Albert Como

Main Project Inspirations 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

I’ve always loved these bikes: http://i.imgur.com/R2VrM6H.jpg They’re a natural evolution from the lugged steel frames of the 60s-80s. Among bike enthusiasts, this is often recognized as a very 90s thing. The best the 90s had to offer. Unfortunately, they are not exactly becoming more common. Their component compatibility, increasingly obsolete. But I gotta have one. If I’m…

What is great in life?

February 17, 2016

Albert Como

Aspirations 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

I’m ultimately trying to become the most well rounded person I can be. With understanding the world around me, and creating things to add to it being my primary intellectual interests, I want no boundaries in my style of study and creation. My life philosophy of completeness have lead me first down the path of…

Albert’s skills.

February 9, 2016

Albert Como

Skill Sets 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

Crafting: Brazing Polishing Carbon fiber. Nailing things together. Solvent selections Computer graphics Mechanical (Mechanical design masters in progress): Bike mechanics CAD 3D printing Basic machining. Reverse engineering Electrical (Electrical engineering undergraduate): Soldering CAD Circuit design and analysis. Reverse engineering. Programming Free free to consult me on whichever subject.

Old School Stool

January 30, 2016

Albert Como

Student Work, Upcycle Project Report 2016, ZZ 2016

bar, beer, bike, frame, stool

The stool, made from a bike rear triangle. [1]While looking at bike stuff on the internet, I came across these stools. I have some scrap frames and junker bikes, so I filed this away as a project. Realizing that there is so much more that can be done with these, I decided to switch away…

Flow chart: Matt Sturm, Albert Como, Andre Szlendak

January 25, 2016

Albert Como

Design Loops 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

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An attempt to capture the non linearity of a practical, medium to large scale design project with multiple inputs.

Pine Can

January 25, 2016

Albert Como

Student Work, Upcycle Progress 2016, ZZ 2016

I made this pine cone out of aluminum cans. It started as an attempt to make a radially symmetrical candle holder. The cans are decapitated, cut 8 ways at the top, and another can is inserted. A band cut from another can is then placed over the two to provide tension and ensure that…

Cruiser Bikes!

January 18, 2016

Albert Como

Aesthetic Explorations 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

bike, bikes, cruiser, mountain

After the successful commercialization of the automobile, bicycles became recreational vehicles. These were expensive and occupied a comparable market to the modern road bike. During the depression, demand for an inexpensive and practical bike came into view. This evolved into the cruiser bike, a single speed bike with large tires, stylized after the motorcycle. During their…