User talk:Dhesley1519/Generator Project

Week1 Narrative
The first week on this project proved to be a little tougher than I had expected. task #1 for me this week was trying to deepen my understanding of what it is we are actually building. With some guidance from my team mates I feel like I have a better grasp on the subject than I did a few days ago. The first steps this weeks for me were to lay out the position of our copper coils on the Plexiglas frame using a compass, protractor and a straight edge. The positioning of these coils is very important for the overall success of the project, they must line up exactly with the magnets mounted on the rotor as they pass by for the appropriate current to be produced. 6 coils must be mounted on each end of the generator and they must be exactly 60 degrees away from one another on the frame of the generator. We also worked as a team to spool our first copper coil (out of 12). Each spool must have the copper wire wound around it exactly 500 times. My team mates counted out loud as they wound the copper and I marked the count on a piece of paper while I controlled how fast the copper wound off its spool. All of us are every excited to start constructing our frame which will be the undertaking of this next week. After failing to find appropriate spools in local stores for our copper coils, Brian is attempting to print them out on the 3-D printer. Those spools are key in the progression of this project and having 12 of them by the end of the week would be a big step forward.

Week2 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.''

Week3 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.''

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.''