Mechanical Design - Group Assigment - echoFab Montreal

1. Project Management

This week task was to build and develop a machine.

Our team for this group assignment:

Georges Hanna
Marc Lemaire
Alec Mathewson
Geoffroi Garon-Épaule (was not there first week)

Software we use:

AutoDesk Fusion
Arduino
Illustrator

Ideation

We start by having some discussion about a potential project. After some group reflections, the team members choosed to build a machine to draw.
We decided to use Excel to plan the project management. This collaborative project was definitely going to be a work in progress.

Project : Drawing Machine

Thus, the idea of the project is to create a machine capable of drawing on a sheet of paper autonomously. There will be a wood structure that will incorporate, a roller system to hold and advance the paper (rotation), a lateral displacement system (x) and a system to move up and down (z) for the marker.

N.B. We thought to use a funnel to pass glue and make sand fall ... But, we opted to use a sharpie felt pen to facilitate the realization of the project.

2. Prototype

Exploration

From the beginning of our experiment, we discovered a classic printer mechanism that was going to be thrown away. We decided to test it and see the possibilities of using it for our project. We were able to understand the movements. Finally, we did not decide to keep this mechanism.