User:Jzest/ENES-100/Project 3

Week 0 Narrative

 * 1) Access Control
 * 2) Quadcopter
 * 3) Water Ram

Week 1 Narrative
I took measurements of the motor and piece of wood so I was able to construct a drawing of what the gear box should look like in sketchup on the /CDIO page. But now I need to return to 3dtin to create my design because the makerbot has issues printing designs from sketchup.

Week 2 Narrative
The printer head is clogged which sucks because I need to print my design in order to make any adjustments to the size.

Week 3 Narrative
Tested my gear box design and ran into the following problems in this order:
 * 1) Holes in the first layer printed: stopped print early and adjusted the temp. from 230 C to 235 C
 * 2) Because the design is hollow it requires supports: stopped second attempt before the roof went on
 * 3) The box printed with a seam right below the roof (due to a snag in the spool or possibly the attempt to fix it): I was still able to check sizing
 * 4) Box was too big to fit between the pins coming out of the motor- resized from 50 mm to 35 mm and reprinted
 * 5) Box was 2mm too short (14mm height) and would not fit over the bump on the bottom of the gear: added another layer of cubes in 3dtin and printed at 35mmx35mmx17.5mm