When: 16 July 2019, 8.50am Members Present: All Update Meeting #4 For the fourth (and final) time, we had our presentation in the morning. You can find the link to presentation here! This time, here’s what each of us presented on today: Alexis Recapped our project Problem #1: Inaccurate Yarn Felting Problem #2: Incorrect Yarn […]
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[#26] Stable Able
When: 8 July, 10am Members present: Alexis, Carissa, Vanessa Main Body (back) Mk VI & Yarn Feeder Mk IX The new Main Body (back) Mk VI and Yarn Feeder Mk IX were mounted on! The Main Body (back) Mk VI was done printing! We mounted it onto the 3D printer, along with our yarn feeder […]
[#25] Getting to the Home Base
When: 5 July 2019, 9.45am Members present: Alexis, Claudia, Vanessa (Have fun at Seniors’ Camp Carissa!!) Let’s recap what we need to do today: Get an even styrofoam base surface. Further reduce the yarn feeder base area (Direct interface to the felt; friction might be dragging thread along). Reduce the size of the opening of […]
[#24] Be There or Be Square
When: 4 July, 11am Members present: Alexis, Claudia, Vanessa (Have fun at Seniors’ Camp, Carissa!!) Yarn Feeder Mk VI (Print 2!) It printed out fine, without clogging in the guiding tubes since we printed without supports this time. It looks exactly the same as the print from yesterday so I shall reuse the image 😀 […]
[#23] Piece of Cheese-cake!
When: 3 July 2019, 1.30pm Members present: All Yesterday and this morning, Claudia and Vanessa went on shopping trips to buy some extra stuff for our project! Claudia Vanessa 5 by 20 cm styrofoam cylinder 12 by 18 cm acrylic sheet Needle threader (3pcs) Needle threader, long Yarn needles (2pcs) Florist wire Araldite Epoxy Adhesive […]
[#22] Soft(ware) Skills
When: 2 July 2019 Members present: All Update Meeting #3 We got interrupted 🙁 … With compliments! The slides can be viewed here. Alexis Recapped our project introduction, rationale, vision Recapped what was accomplished in Update #2 Updated product design Introduced the 4 main components Claudia Sewing Module Needle-Tubing Connector Main Body Yarn Feeder Carissa […]
[#19] Assorted Assembly
When: 27 June 2019, 10am Members Present: All Morning Testing! LA-Tubing Connector Mk I It only finished printing late last evening, so we’re finally getting to testing it now! Unfortunately, the moment we fit on just one half, we knew it wasn’t going to work. ☹ The piece is meant to rest on the ‘ledge’ […]
[#15] A Stitch in Time Saves Nine
When: 21 June 2019, 10am Members present: All Mobile Stabbing Needle Piece Main Body Mk II When roughly assembled, this is how our current prototype looks like. It’s not perfect, but it’s a start. The Good The Bad The Needle-Tubing Connector Mk IV fits perfectly inside the Main Body Mk II half and is […]
[#14] Prototype Stereotype
When: 20 June 2019, 10am Members present: All The Main Body Mk I Our Main Body Mk II printed out overnight all right! It was pretty successful for a (technically) first print. We tried it out and it worked just as planned. The grooves were perfect for the protruding screws. Note that the cuboid cavity […]
[#13] Update Progress Meeting 2; More Morning Meetings & Modeling
When: 19 June 2019, 8.50am Members present: All Update Meeting #2 Even with the new project type groupings, our group was still 6th to present today, out of all 6 of the “Machines/Human Hand” type projects. And it appears that our group is forever-cursed with morning slot presentations 🌞 … You can view our presentation […]