Daily Diary

Daily Diary

Jan. 29: Started thinking of ideas for project, decided on CAD

Jan. 30: drew up sifter and magnet idea

Jan. 31: started prototyping with plastic box, nut, and bolt

Feb. 1: cleaned lab closet while waiting for Ethan to cut out slots on box, tested prototype, worked well but bend in plastic let bolts go through, decided to use rigid materials (if I were to make it in real life)

Feb. 4: started CAD of base

Feb. 5: Happy Lunar New Year!

Feb. 6: CAD got lost, restarted

Feb. 7: CADed base

Feb. 8: CAD workshop day

Feb. 12: started making/assembling CAM

Feb. 13: finished CAM

Feb. 14: CAD workshop day

Feb. 25: edited slot on base to fit CAM on perfectly

Feb. 26: added connector for CAM and box

Feb. 27: edited slot on base again, came up with idea for second CAM to shake in two directions

Feb. 28: fooled into thinking I accidentally missed workshop day, assembled chassis for CAD workshop

March 1: worked on second CAM

March 4: Snow day!

March 5: took break and helped Ethan machine for Alfred

March 6: made CAD for bottom base, helped Ethan again and cleaned up closets

March 7: edited bottom base, made CAM for bottom base

March 8: Helped Izzy and Eli with SING human

March 11: finished chassis for CAD workshop day

March 12: edited bottom base dimensions, added some connectors for CAM

March 13: made other half of bottom CAM

March 14: Robotics Trip!

March 15: Robotics Trip!

March 18: edited dimensions for bottom CAM and base

March 19: added washers and connectors for second half of CAM

March 20: created counterbore connectors for both CAMs

March 20: created counterbore connectors for both CAMs

March 21: added place to connect bottom CAM to top base

March 22: tested prototype again to see what else to do, realized sorter needed to be a box

March 25: added walls for box, ruined all mates in full assembly

March 26: tried to fix mates on assembly, gave up and made new assembly

March 27: reassembled top part of sorter, realized there was a problem with the bottom sorter

March 28: almost finished reassembling new bottom CAM

March 29: made new bottom CAM and connectors, edited bottom base dimensions

March 30: finished CAD

March 30: touched up maker-site and added more to CAD