User:HoldMyDherka/ENES-100/project 0: Inkjet

Project 0

Week0 Preferences
NA

Week1 Narrative
This week we learned what projects which groups will be working on. My group and I were assigned the Inkjet printer. We looked up YouTube videos on Inkjet Printer Hacks. Most of the videos did not help us, but some of the videos showed that parts and components of the Inkjet printer which gave us an overview of what the printer could and could not do. One of our group members came up with an idea to put wheels on the printer and attempt to make it preform the functions of a car.

Week2 Narrative
This week my group and I officially came to a conclusion that we were going to hack the Inkjet printer and turn it into a vehicle. We had multiple printers so we took one apart to see what the printer had inside of it so we could understand the functions and the use of each part. Nuts and bolts were also applied to the printer to secure the casters to the bottom of the printer. The team debated on whether or not to use the roller with the string or use gears to make the car run easier. We decided that we were going to use the gears with the rollers. We came towards another problem which was that the base of the printer was steel, and was really heavy. After discovering this problem we watched a tutorial on how to cut away the steel. The steel was later cut, and we were able to access the paper roller side. We added an additional paper roller to the other side.

Week3 Narrative
This week we added an additional roller taken from another printer. There were also more gears that we mounted onto the printer so that the wheels would move with less work. One of my group members found bracket-type bits of metal a swell as bolts and nuts to help add additional roller. After trial and error numerous times we able to mount the roller. The project was complete.

Week4 Narrative
''Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the first weekend. Link to any CDIO documents you are working on that need to be considered for project points. Compare your task with what you actually did.''