W10 / 2026

Goals

• Test new smoke rake with Autos Dept. smoke machine

  • See if screw-on tubes will work with our application

• Develop flat pattern for acrylic

  • Convert to .dxf to send to laser cutter

Elijah 

• First gen smoke tubes (4mm)

  • Printed in half down the middle

  • Smoke leaked thru the cracks even after reinforcement

• Second gen smoke tubes (2mm)

  • Smoke "rake" with screw-on threads

  • Male end on smoke "rake" (very difficult to remove support)

  • Female end on tubes

  • Smoke was very thin and not replicable

• Third gen smoke tubes (3mm)

  • Changed male and female ends

  • Enlarged smoke rake (for easier support removal) with female end of thread 

  • New smoke tubes with male end of thread with rounded cutout

  • Enlarged tube inner diameter 

  • Thicker smoke curtain and more consistent

  • Threads make changing the diameter of the tubes easier (don't have to reprint entire system)

• Started developing flat pattern 

  • First section of acrylic made

    • Dovetail joint and cutout for smoke tubes

    • Exported as ".dxf" file 

Kaelan