This has been an exercise in frustration. Our machine design is still incomplete, because (a) I'm a beginner and slow, (b) of missing components, (c) of an unhappy Modela, (d) of machine parts that differ in two different countries, (e) I started Fab Academy late and am catching up on the electronics exercises.
The good news is that I'm slogging on. The goal: to make a drawing machine that works like this one but that hangs on the wall. To clarify, the video below is our inspiration, not our machine!
I'm working with Charlie who is in the UK while I'm in Finland. See Charlie's animation and his prototyping here. He is doing the mechanical design and I am doing the electronics. Apparently. To be continued.
Notes and reflections to come. Interesting recitation.