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Week 9 - MECHANICAL DESIGN

March 23 - March 30

Lecture, Video

*Weeks Assigment*

* make a machine, including the end effector (?)
* build the passive parts and operate it manually
* document the group project and your individual contribution

For this weeks group project we have to design a machine to be operated manually. Inspired by Eva´s previous kinetic research at the Angewandte Universität, Vienna, we decided to build a primograph.

As I arrived only on Tuesday in Barcelona my contribution for this first part of the group project was a part of the documentation.

Group Members:

Bill of Tools and Materials

Inspiration and Research

Copenhagen based artist Eske Rex created a drawing machine generating beautiful artwork.

Eske Rex: "Drawing Machine is a construction involving two pendulums, each suspended from a tower construction and connected through “drawing arms” and moveable joints. A ballpoint pen resting on a drawing surface covered with paper is mounted at the point where the pendulums come together. The pendulums are set in motion by hand, and their movements are represented on the paper. The Drawing Machine serves two purposes: On exhibitions where the movements of the pendulums affect the entire room, and the experience engages the beholder’s body. While the rhythmic repetitions cause the beholder to pause, the drawing emerges on the paper. And as a tool where investigations on the relation between time and movement."

Drawing Apparatus by Robert Howsare created from two turntables. Eva´s research for Video of ITUS kinetic morphologies

CAD Process

Here we also have a video ) of a simulation in Rhino and a simulation ) we did with an app.

Computer Aided Machining Process

Material, Machine and Tests:

Change: Material and Machine MDF Wood on Multicam 2000 Laser

Final Result for the week

Here you see a video of our final result.

And here is the video of our primograph in action.

Project Files

Download all project files from this assigment from my Google Drive.

Learnings

Because I did the screencapture of the animation in Grasshopper I learned to use Screenflow and also I learned how to screencapture video of an ipad/iphone with Airsever.

Feedback

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