Mathew Tabor

13 posts

Macro Music Box – Project Update 4/13

April 30, 2016

The music box is coming along, in fact it’s fairly close except for final assembly. I realized I’ll need to mount each key to the octagon and then mount that entire structure to the base board. I could have chosen some alternate mounting method, though I wanted to keep the mounting hardware hidden, so that’s…

Macro Music Box – What’s Next

April 27, 2016

Mathew Tabor

Final Report Main Project 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

Overall, I’m very satisfied how the project turned out, though if I were to do it again I’d definitely do a few things differently. First, I’ll focus on what I think was accomplished in the current version. Functionality The music box plays, and even plays a tune, though not very loudly. I learned…

Macro Music Box – Final Report Part I

April 21, 2016

Mathew Tabor

Student Work

Final Music Box After everything, the macro music box turned out pretty well. While the tune doesn’t play as well as its micro counterpart, but aesthetically it turned out almost exactly as I was hoping. I think the theme was captured very well actually, everything is in either dark woods or gold coloring, matching the…

Macro Music Box Project Update 3/30

March 31, 2016

Mathew Tabor

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

It’s been a good and bad few weeks for this project; I’ll start with what went well. I was successful in making 20 keys to be used in the final deliverable, which turned out be be a very time consuming process. I wanted to avoid using a router to give them a handmade appearance, which…

Macro Music Box Update 3/16

March 16, 2016

Mathew Tabor

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

I now have everything I need for successful completion of this project. I’ve been buying (and returning) lots of random components but now have all the parts I need. I’d found a large variety of different colored bike chain and bought many different ones to see which one fits my aesthetic best, and I’ve decided…

Matt’s Constraints

March 10, 2016

Mathew Tabor

Student Work, Top 5 Constraints 2016, ZZ 2016

My project is on the surface fairly straightforward (in my mind at least), although there are definitely some hurdles that I will need to overcome in order to get this finished on time. Quantity of Keys: I have a lot of single string assemblies to make and tune, around 30-40 of them (depending on which…

Macro Music Box – Design Review

March 2, 2016

Mathew Tabor

Main Project Design Review 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

My final project is based on the concept of a children’s music box, the wind up kind that have been played for centuries (see below). I have a fascination with old school mechanical movement, anything from clocks to watches even to old pinball machines that don’t use electronics at all, but instead rely on complex…

Macro Music Box

March 1, 2016

Mathew Tabor

Main Project Inspirations 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

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My idea for my final project is to make a very large scale music box; these little trinkets were always beautiful to me as a kid. http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/small-music-box-5643196.jpg http://cf.ltkcdn.net/antiques/images/std/128210-400×265-jsw_inside_of_a_music_box.jpg My idea is to make a wall art version of these, mounting it on a canvas or something similar. One of the neat things about these…

Matt’s Aspirations

February 17, 2016

Mathew Tabor

Aspirations 2016, Student Work

A large part of me going to grad school was me attempting to duck the permanence of employment. One year later, though, and I’m right back where I was, with nowhere to hide and the working world on the horizon. I’m much more excited about it now than I was last year, though. I have…

Skills that Kills – Matt

February 9, 2016

Mathew Tabor

Skill Sets 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

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I have a similar ME background as many of our class (and both of my teammates), so I won’t dwell on those. I’ve done more than my fair share of manufacturing drawings and CAD, so I can expedite that process if you need. I also have access to two (half broken) makerbots to print on…

Industrial Puppy – Final Report

February 4, 2016

Mathew Tabor

Student Work, Upcycle Project Report 2016

Inspiration This exploration into an artistic creation has been very different than my usual design loop. I started with a problem of “make something”, which in itself is a much different jumping off point than I’m used to. What’s more, even once I figured out what I was going to try to make, I…

Goddard

January 27, 2016

Mathew Tabor

Student Work, Upcycle Progress 2016

Did any of you ever watch Jimmy Neutron as a kid? Do you remember his dog, Goddard? http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/jimmy_neutron/13.jpg I’m making something a little similar. He can’t fly ,or talk, or think, or light up or even move, but it still has the feel of somewhat of an industrial themed animal. Basically, the inspiration came…

Aesthetics of the Log Cabin

January 20, 2016

Mathew Tabor

Aesthetic Explorations 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

The log cabin aesthetic brings a certain type of homey-ness to a structure. Its a fairly engrained imagine in our heads at this point: the minimalist but cozy interior, dim lighting, warm atmosphere. http://www.everything-log-homes.com/images/log-home-interiors.jpg It’d be hard to date the origin of this aesthetic, but it is an old one. Back in the day (way back),…