User:Zblaha2768/enes100/Tape Purge

Link to ZNS team page.

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
1. Tape Purge

2. Rube Goldberg

3. Rubberband Gun

Write problem statement
Receipt paper needs to be re-rolled into a factory standard sized rolls. Mechanism must be man portable to roll receipts on site.

Assign Task1
Start researching and developing a design for this project.

Compare actual work done to Task1
Little research was done, however, there was plenty of prototype developing done.

Week1 Narrative
Spent some time working with Sweet on dismantling pieces of printer to use as a roller for the device. On my own, I spent some time building a potential prototype for the rolling/taut mechanism, but am missing some parts (rubberbands) so hopefully I can finish it once I get a hold of some rubberbands in class.

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and a signature ~ by entering four tildes in a row to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task2
Continue work on the prototype after getting opinion from teammates.

Compare actual work done to Task2
Spent plenty of time working with group and at home to create more components for lego assembly.

Week2 Narrative
I worked throughout the week to add more components to the lego mechanism. After getting general approval from my teammates, I set out to optimize certain parts of the lego assembly, specifically adding a crank and taking the tensioning part built by the other members of my team and attaching it to the mechanism.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and a signature ~ by entering four tildes in a row to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task3
Contemplate and implement new ideas for improvements on existing design.

Compare actual work done to Task3
Made improvements to design and implemented them accordingly.

Week3 Narrative
Expanded the walls on the tape purge by a couple of inches, to allow for the new mounting system (which involves locking the spool using lego cross nubs fitted into opposite sides of the spool, where there are small holes for them to fit into). Started testing of the rolling mechanism, works well though this is only when the roll is already partially rolled. For attaching the receipt paper to the spool from the start, used double-sided tape to start the rolling process. Unfortunately, due to either uneven receipt attaching or the mechanism acting differently under different stresses, the receipt rolls up unevenly, loosely and crumples along the walls. To remedy this I also added a rubberband loaded "hook" that springs on the roll and, theoretically, should keep the roll ight and maybe more even.

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and a signature ~ by entering four tildes in a row to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task4
Test new "hook" design, make final enhancements to design.

Compare actual work done to Task4
Spent less time on hook design, and more time on perfecting the new motorized system that Sweet made.

Week4 Narrative
Sweet made a new successful motorized design, so all work was diverted to that. I helped Sweet solder and contributed to the construction of the new system. Thursday was spent deciding on how we might advance the final assembly, though due to differing opinions, we moved on to different groups.

Week4 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and a signature ~ by entering four tildes in a row to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Complete Project Page
Follow the "project done" format.

Start Next Project Week0 activities
Begin work on "combo lockpick" project.