User:Jbrown6389/combolockpick

Write problem/project Goal
Our goal is to find a way to assemble the combolockpick machine and mount it all together somehow.

My First Task
I am going to start drawing up ideas of how to mount all the pieces together.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
I began sketching ideas of how to assemble the parts of our machine. Some initial ideas were just simple vertical ideas where the solenoid would pull up on the lock every try. This eventually evolved into more space-saving ideas. One idea had the lock laying side-ways, however I'm not sure yet whether the program could work with this. They are all simple ideas so far, but I hope these ideas will continue to evolve into more complex drawings and soon become something I could go over with the team and begin to build. Right now, I believe I will build it out of wood. Wood seems like the most simple way to go about building. In the meantime, I will continue drawing ideas as they come to me.

I also looked on the internet and found this. Seems pretty similar to what we are working on. http://www.geekosystem.com/lockcracker-lock-pick-machine/

Week1 Narrative
I have continued to draw ideas, and have come to a conclusion that I will continue with the horizontal design. I have also began pursuing potential sources for materials, and believe I have found a solution. I discovered a safety problem with the solenoid, and plan on designing a solution to that. I have several drawings and will continue to develop them.

My Second Task
I will continue drawing sketches of the design and clarify a source for materials and tools I can use for building.

Summary of actual work over second weekend
I made a few more sketches, and they look very similar to the project in the video. Their design worked successfully, so I guess why not use a similar idea.

Week2 Narrative
We have been having problems figuring out how to get the program off the arduino onto the computer. So, I went online to see if I could find the software that was used in the video I found, and I think I may have found it. http://allendowney.com/cm05/code/Gui.py We're going to see what we can do with this, but I may have hit the jackpot. I'm not sure yet.

So far I have found a lot of stuff online from this group, as they have a whole website of their documentation on their project. I am going to use their work as reference for everything we do. We are lucky enough to have a successful project to look onto for inspiration on how to build a successful combo lock pick. I also found some manual methods of how to unlock a combo lock, but I don't think it is relevant to our project. It was more just a fun thing to check out. I plan on continuing to investigate the other groups project to see what kind of problems they ran into and how they got past them.

My Third task
I will sketch a design of a smaller scale model to start building in class.

Summary of actual work over third weekend
Sketched a somewhat neater looking drawing of a smaller model. i also thought up some possible solutions to our safety problem regarding the solenoid

1. Lower power given to the solenoid

2. Wrap in some sort of plastic type stuff

3. Build a cover out of wood to be part of final design

These are just a few possible solutions. I just thought I should share them on wikiversity for the next group to check out.

Week3 Narrative
I finished my sketch for a smaller scale model in my journal. I also began to draw ideas of how to mount the actual lock so it will stay secure throughout the process of testing combinations. Torque of the arduino is already good enough, so we don't need to add any more design features for that.

My Fourth task
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the final weekend of project work.

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

Week4 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

Complete Team Page
Fill out the Team Form (should have already copied the form, created the team page, linked to it and started filling it out).