7/30/14 Printing Continued and Publishing Modular Tensioner

Printing continued.  Printing issues continued.  The day was spent managing the printers as we printed parts for the modular hand and arm.  Not much to say about that.  I spent some time drawing up a claw to demonstrate with the modular beast. The claw intended to be an attachment for biking.  In the end, it turned out to be quite terrifying.

See what I mean?  The lower claw closest to the palm is meant to support the biker leaning up against the bike handle bar. The longer front claw is supposed to wrap around the brake handles.  When the biker wants to stop, he or she pulls the claw towards themselves to pull the brake.  That's the plan at least.  I know this will be a pain to print though.  And it might not be strong enough.  However, if it doesn't work, it can still be used for demonstration at our presentation.  

As with Sam I (Alex) spent most of my day printing parts for the modular beast. In between prints I redesigned the mid gauntlet (it looks much better now and should hopefully be stronger) and published the completed modular tensioner block to e-NABLE. 

The compression fit gauntlet and tensioner block published on e-NABLE.

Hopefully the last modular gauntlet design!

The modular tensioner block wasn't met very well by the e-NABLE community who don't like to rely on compression fittings. I kind of agree with them because every printer is setup/calibrated differently but these types of designs are very strong and easy to print (no supports needed). Either way I think I'm going to stick with this design for the presentation.

We are trying to get all of our design work done this week so we can spend all of next week printing/assembling and getting ready to present our poster. This has been and will continue to be a very busy week but time flies when you are having fun!

Alex + Sam