For our ME514 project, our team is designing a cube that provides an outlet for a number of fidgety behaviors. This behaviors include clicking a pen, rolling a bead, squeezing a stress ball or even …
Archived Posts
Constant Velocity Joint Purpose and Goals
Hello and welcome to the 3D Printed CV Joint blog, Constant Velocity (CV) joints allow for two shafts to be jointed at an angle while maintaining an output angular velocity equal to that of the …
Move-able Joint Bucky
Hello! Welcome to the first post by the Bucky Group. Our group is tasked with designing and manufacturing a Bucky figurine with move-able joints. The goal is to optimize design and tolerances to produce multiple …
Marble Machine Project Ideas and Requirements
Welcome to the Marble Machine blog, The purpose of this blog is to record our progression as we use additive manufacturing to build a marble machine. Many toys exist that allow tracks to be built …
New projects for the Spring semester 2017
We have just defined and voted for the projects of this new spring semester and are about to start with the design phase and then lots of printing. The topics are all focused on assemblies …
Printed Final Assembly
Overview The final design was printed entirely on the Stratasys machine (Figure 1). This is because the home user printers had far too poor of a resolution to generate the mechanical and surface quality which …
5.) Final Optimization and Final Design
We decided to redesign the bow for the current printed size of the track and grip to be able to print another working prototype of the bow quickly and evaluate the snap connection as well. …
2.) CAD Component Design
Our objective is to eliminate the need for an elastic rubber band. In order to make the bow work with a non-elastic string, the bow must be designed in such a way that it can …
Print Parameter Optimization
Ornithopter Print Parameter Optimization This post summarizes the printing parameters that were used in the production of the original and final ornithopter designs. Both designs were created on the Ultimaker machine, and the following …
Collapsible Bottle Opener – Final Part Assembly
The final opener design makes use of several added features to improve the hinge and lip strength as well as improve the aesthetics and ergonomics of the opener. Hinge and Lip Strength Improvements To improve the …