Thursday 13 September 2012

3D printing

Here is our first 3D printed component, the single pulley of our cable car mechanism. Manu mage the nice wooden parts of the pulley in the workshop- everything is coming together very well! 
The size of the 3D printed object is quite large, and the finish is quite rough. Therefore we are considering making our cable car pod small in comparison, so it is the mechanism that is the main part of our design, similar to how in some forms of architecture, e.g. brutalism, it is the structure that is mostly expressed.




Here's our second 3D cut piece, a double pulley. 





Unfortunately, our final 3D cut piece, a hook, did not work. It was too small, and hence very delicate so it broke shortly after being printed. We were informed by Franca that this piece was really too small. We have learnt for next time!

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