Joseph Knapp

8 posts

Design Review 2: How and When?

March 12, 2020

Design Review 2020 Part 2: Timeline and Logistics

For the second part of my disc golf design, I received half of my material yesterday from McMaster-Carr but I am still waiting for my T-slot piping. My plan is still inline with my original plan. To build the frame by the beginning of Spring Break and then work on designing the side and back…

Top 5 Constraints 2020

March 9, 2020

Joseph Knapp

Student Work, Top 5 Constraints 2020

My top 5 constraints: Too much money. Normally, disc golf carts run around $280 and they do not offer much creativity. Manufacturing; I am not the best at welding and so I will have to look for alternative ways to build my cart Functionality; with only a couple of weeks to design, manufacture, and tweek;…

Design Review Part 1

March 9, 2020

Joseph Knapp

Design Review 2020 Part 1: Detailed Plans

Working on my project, I was able to come up with the frame and full list of bill of materials and measurements for my Disc Golf Cart. I decided to use T-joint extrusions (80/20) which is easy to assemble together. I first started out measuring my disc golf bag that I will be held by…

Main Project Aesthetics 2020: Disc Golf Cart

February 26, 2020

Joseph Knapp

Main Project Aesthetic 2020: plans and alternatives, Student Work

After thinking about my main project inspirations I wanted to come up with an aesthetic that fits with me personally and something that I can appreciate after a long time of usage. One of the big things in my life is that I am in ROTC and will have a job in the air force…

Main Project Inspiration: Wood Art

February 23, 2020

Joseph Knapp

Main Project Inspirations 2020, Student Work

Currently, I am not entirely sure what I want to do for my main project, though I have really liked looking at wood as a medium for what I am going to build. I am really into disc golf, and so I was thinking that I may end up creating a disc golf bag cart…

Upcycle Final Report: Scrap Warrior

February 12, 2020

Joseph Knapp

Upcycle Final Report 2020

Inspiration My inspiration for my upcycle project is two-fold; I first got inspired over Christmas break of 2019-2020. I was reading The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien and I loved his description of all of his characters and the setting of middle earth. I could almost believe that I was actually there. The second came from…

Upcycling Project Inspiration/Update

January 29, 2020

Joseph Knapp

Student Work, Upcycle Inspiration 2020

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In my original post, I described a lot about how I want to build my project, but my inspiration for this comes back to Tolkien’s books I read over break. As I was reading The Hobbit, and the Fellowship of the Ring I was amazed with the detail of his descriptions of his characters and…

Exploring Gears and Bolts/Steampunk Aesthetics

January 20, 2020

Joseph Knapp

Aesthetic Explorations 2016, Aesthetic Explorations 2020, Student Work

For my upcycling project, I am exploring the steampunk/mechanical aesthetic. I have seen a couple examples of this online where sculptures are made out of scrape gears and parts. I am looking to do the same thing from bicycle scrapes I attained from old bikes that I have owned as well as scrape parts found…