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Useless Box Project

The Italian artist Bruno Munari began building "useless machines" (macchine inutili) in the 1930s. He was a "third generation" Futurist and did not share the first generation's boundless enthusiasm for technology, but sought to counter the threats of a world under machine rule by building machines that were artistic and unproductive.[1]

Designing The Useless Box

Making the first part of the Box

This is one of the walls of the box

This is the base the of the box

This wall is made to support the box

This is where the switch is going to go in

This is going to hold the limit switch

Part 2 of the Box

This will be the walls of the box

This is part of the hinge that will hold the lid

Making the lid of the box

This is the lid of the box

This is the other part of the hinge

The Arm of the Box

This is the arm that will hit the switch and come back down

This is the hole for the motor

This is the box's with all of the parts such as the motor, battery, flower switch, and the limit

This is a picture of the components of the box being soldered

Design made for the box

This part will go on the arm of the box

Movement with the Box

This shows how the lid of the box will work

This is the arm of the box moving back and forth

Test prints

This is the hinge of the box lid

This is the arm of the box

This was made to test how thick the box would be

Drawing Package

Full Useless Box.pdf

This is the drawing the useless box

Working Box

On the left it shows how the box working and hitting the switch to go back in the box

On the right it shows the inside of the box

This is how the box looks while its not on

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