Update Weds March 16, 2016 – Aesthetics of Design

The wind-up spider toy is off to a rocky start! There have been a few issues related to collecting my materials through online distributors, because some particular crucial components for building sets of 125 plastic gears only cost $13.oo but two months to ship from China. These gears would not arrive at my apartment until…

Fabrication Timeline

May 4, 2016

David Holliman

For my design, I will need to fabricate both a wood structure for my hourglass and a light installation to go inside. As of now, I am not settled on the details of my light installation so I will focus on fabricating the wood base. Taking inspiration from traditional hourglass forms, I want the wood…

Custom Frame Update March 16

March 31, 2016

Andre

I’ve been working to get all the prep work done and finalize the geometric design of my tubes. The manufacturing side is nearly ready to begin, so I’m only a little behind. I’ve also started looking into how I want to paint it and what the best method will be.

Ferrofluid Sculpture Update

March 28, 2016

Derek Sikora

The past week or so has been a great breakthrough for my project. I have found and ordered most of my parts, completed the necessary drawings to manufacture any necessary parts, and started to cut glass. Knowing that creating the glass encasing is going to be the most tedious aspect of this project, it became…

update

March 28, 2016

Ben Yorkey

an update on the progress for the coffee brewer: Have finished discussing what my friend wants from the design cleanable second path for individual cup also (if time) easy to use valves for easier/cleaner setup same or bigger size than his current setup I have started specing out parts and equipment needed wood – homedepot…

Nixie Clock | 3/16 Progress Report

March 28, 2016

Kevin Martin

Nixie Update! I’ve received all my components in the mail, and need to schedule a few hours in the electronics lab to start soldering. Some sweet photos: Nixie Tube! I love the look of these. I haven’t seen them fired up yet, but I can’t wait! Empty board! This will be split down…

Speaker Guitar Progress

March 28, 2016

Ethan Gehring

I spent a fair amount of time working on this project over the break. I currently have both amplifier circuits wired and functioning with an input from the waveform generator so we are off to a good start. Pre-Amplifier For the pre-amplifier I simply copied a popular design seen a lot in guitar forums originally…

3D Printer Progress

March 27, 2016

Chip Bollendonk

I spent most of my spring break making progress on this project (yippee), and while it wasn’t an exceedingly fun week, I’m satisfied by the project’s status. As a reminder, I’m working on a 3D printer that won’t look like crap sitting in the corner of my living room. Most DIY printers and kits (i.e. affordable…

Pre Spring Break Progress

March 27, 2016

Gardner Nichols

At this point I have all of my material purchased and sitting at my house. After taking a look at the amount of carbon fiber that I ordered, I realized I would need quite a lot more to create a decent carbon fiber coffee table. I personally wasn’t very invested in the coffee table idea…

Progress Report March 17

March 20, 2016

Andre

I am still in the part acquisition phase and planning for manufacturing phase of my project. So far I have acquired the tubeset that I will use, and the fitting lugs, I still need drop-outs, braze paste, and paint but those should arrive soon. I plan to begin cutting the tubeset.

Infinity mirror project progress

March 19, 2016

Yusen Ji

Since the frame material just arrived on this Tuesday and I got three midterms this week, so I didn’t do a lot this week. I will try my best to achieve the goal I set on my timeline from last week ‘s post for this spring break. I will update more progress on next progress report.

Bladeless Fan Progress

March 18, 2016

Brandon Boiko

I have made a bit of progress on my project, but I do feel I am falling behind a bit. I will spend a lot of time over spring break so that I can catch up. So far I have sourced the components I am going to use for my project. I have sketched up…

Personal Tattoo Machine – Project Progress

March 18, 2016

Joseph Graff

My project’s timeline has shifted a bit, as I knew it inevitably would. These last couple weeks have been exceptionally busy, and I haven’t had much time to devote to my project, other than to research parts for purchase and to brainstorm designs for my future prototypes. I am planning to make substantial progress on…

Brittany Warly project update

March 18, 2016

Brittany Warly

My original idea was to make a fiber optic chandelier, but it turns out that my design is starting to look more like a jellyfish, so I have decided to turn it into a fiber optic jellyfish. I have finished assembling all of the main components of the project. I went in and saw Tim…

Nick’s Timeline Update

March 17, 2016

Nicholas Flood

I am currently finishing up designing all of the individual mechanical components that will go into my surreal stirling engine. That should be done by this Friday, so I can 3D print and test the parts over break. Also over break, I will plan out how I will make the whale. The dimensions obviously rely on the…

The Pearl Street Progress

March 17, 2016

Elyse Skinner

LEDs, lights, model, pearl st, sketchup

Unfortunately this week I have been bogged down with another studio project and had limited time to work on my Pearl Street design. I have made some progress though in designing the buildings via Sketchup and preparing them to be 3D printed. I have decided on using translucent filament for my 3D buildings and believe…

Desk Garden Update 3/17

March 17, 2016

Ashley Zimmerer

Arduino, bulbasaur, desk, planter, RedBoard, succulents

I now have a pretty solid idea of what I want this thing to look like! I haven’t had time to do any CAD (surprise surprise…), but I’m planning on doing that soon. I’ve got the electronics, and I played around with some of the LEDs and the RedBoard (basically an Arduino Uno). Turns out…

Longboard progress

March 16, 2016

Sophia Glik

I am clear now on what I am designing with the board. The focus is on the deck, and I need to track down the wood. I still can’t find Canadian hard rock maple locally, I may have to special order it or consider other types of wood. I have looked into grip tape (which…

MIDI Drum Pad – Update 3/16/16

March 16, 2016

Jakob Oreskovich

This inspiration for my project was the Rock Band drum set. I read that these drum sets can be used for a bunch of different projects pretty easily, and have quite a few decent piezoelectric sensors inside. So, to start off, I disassembled the drum set to see what all was inside. The…

Desktop Radial Engine Updates

March 16, 2016

Brendan Warren

I’ve been steadily plotting away on my little engine. I currently have 28 parts done. Cameron, in the machine shop will be making my master cylinder on the cnc milling center tomorrow. The bronze for the pistons will arrive Friday along with the 100 bolts the assembly will require and the tubing for the air…

Mechanical Clock – Update 3/16

March 16, 2016

Nick Ortiz

This week I made significant progress with the mechanical assembly of the clock. Using an online gear maker I’ve begun prototyping the gears. This coming weekend, I’ll have the entire prototype assembly built. That will allow me to test the mechanism before I begin the final assembly with wooden laser cut gears and an aesthetic…

Badran: Sand Picture 16th of March Update

March 16, 2016

Aly Badran

Flow, frame, Sand

I think I am off to a good start on my project. Since my design review presentation I have followed the schedule as much as I could. Even thought I am not as far as I want to be, but I feel that I am getting promising results with all of my tests and prototypes.…

Macro Music Box Update 3/16

March 16, 2016

Mathew Tabor

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…

Backlight Panorama Progress (Week of 3/14/16)

March 16, 2016

Roshan Misra

As far as progress on this project, I’m definitely not as far along my timeline as I would like. My goal is to make up that lost time over Spring Break. I’ve purchased the LED panel and have wired it up so that I have the system working. I found an old laptop case in…

Barn Door Update

March 16, 2016

Laura Bonney

I have made some progress taking the pallets apart and laying out the wood slats in a pattern that I like. I have become a bit concerned that the big, solid wood door will make the already small space seem even more confining. My original idea had been to incorporate some stained glass or something…

Project Update – Immersion Wheel

March 16, 2016

Jason Mcgrath

The two steel plates have been cut into circles that are just about identical in size and center. Each has an inch wide band of steel welded around the circumference, which serves as a frame. The frame both protects the user’s hand from the otherwise sharp perforated edge of the plates, and a handle to…

Cafe Racer Update

March 16, 2016

Chad Alvarez

So far my cafe racer project is off to a good start. I have completely stripped the bike including the electrical system. Since the above picture was taken, I have also taken off the carbs, stock airbox, and hack-sawed part the back frame off. I also bought some sweet renthal ultralow handle bars and placed…

Project Update: Lugged Carbon Frame

March 16, 2016

Albert Como

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…

Lazy Susan Kitchen Device (LSKD) Update 3/16/2016

March 16, 2016

Alex Peters

There have been 7 iterations of my design thus far: Iteration 1: The initial design combined the functions of both a spice rack and paper towel holder. I wanted the user to be able to spin the spice rack so that they could reach any spices on the rack without moving it. So a…

LED Orb Update 1

March 16, 2016

Shawn Sprinkle

I’ve spent the last few weeks tinkering with Arduino code and discussing the project with others to get ideas. I got some code to work that uses a potentiometer to change the brightness of the LEDs and another potentiometer to control the flash rate of the LEDs, but not in the same script. I talked…

Design and Fabrication Timeline

March 16, 2016

Dennis Can

Final Design I developed a final design for the information display by proportioning the display window to fit two LCD displays. Additionally, I added another element to the side, which will light up in orange LED. This was done after receiving feedback to include more features to the previously more simple design. I really like…

Project UPDATE: Glass Writing Boards – March 16th

March 16, 2016

Matthew Sturm

Here are updates on my project since my design review (link). What may be most helpful is my list of refined questions and things to focus on. I gained a lot of insight when I finally talked with Charles who owns and runs Boulder Glass (he is a great guy and really giving of his…

Infinity Mirror Clock project update 1

March 16, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

So far I have about 80% of the project done. The mirrors work so well when they are turned on and definitely create the desired infinity effect! The big things I need to figure out are how to 1, get the clock to be more apparent when the LEDs are off, 2, wire the LED…

Project Update 3/16 | Peter

March 16, 2016

Peter Brunsgaard

I haven’t had much time in the past week to work on physically progressing my project much farther. I have put a decent amount of time into trying to source magnets from a cheap and reliable source. In sourcing the magnets, I believe that I can get all of my magnets for under $25 which…

Progress

March 16, 2016

Daniel Moody

My bicycling chariot progress has taken a few steps forward and back lately. I have finalized the design, geometry, aesthetic, and components. However, I have been practicing my welds for a couple weeks and unfortunately it has been difficult to not blow through tubing using MIG and the wall thickness I desire. This has caused…

Sami’s Schedule and Progress Update

March 16, 2016

Samantha Maierhofer

There has been quite a lot of progress to my project since I last posted on it. My LED light strand finally came in and it works great! The system I purchased has a wireless controller with over 20 color options which should provide a good interactive element to the project. I also found out…

Mechanical Buffalo Update

March 16, 2016

Sreyas Krishnan

“Ralphie I” was just a simple snap fit box. See: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1384028 “Ralphie II” is a snap fit box with four movable legs. “Ralphie III” will integrate the mechanism that moves the legs. The internal ends of each leg will be modified to incorporate this mechanism. *** Solidworks Ralphie II: Printed Ralphie II: Gold PLA print at…

Project and Schedule Udpate

March 15, 2016

Thomas Brunsgaard