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This isn't the normal brand of fannnishness that occurs in this journal. Well, not really. But, well, my project team for my lab class this term finished our major project today, and I figure some people on my flist would really appreciate all our efforts.
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ultranos's Design and Manufacturing II, Final Lab:
7 MechE students
3 Months
1 Goal
Our production run consisted of 100 of each part. While we only had to assemble 5 to turn in, we decided to prep everything for if/when we decide we want to make more.
As you can see, there are a lot.
These face masks were mine and another guy's task. The hardest part was creating the mold, since this is a thermoform part. (We needed to drill out the aluminum in order to drill very tiny holes to allow the vacuum to suck down the plastic to make the eyes.)
The hours spent spray painting them gold or silver were also fun. My fingers were covered in paint when I went home for Thanksgiving last week.
The adding white glow-in-the-dark paint to each eye hole on each of the 100 masks was the painstaking part. 1 drop per hole. Also, the paint fumes were incredibly strong.
Assembly. Everything snapped together like a dream. We totally rocked that.
Forgive me for trying to give you a sense of the scope here. :) Everything was designed by us. Our instructions basically were "make a yo-yo no bigger than this". And I'm really, really proud of how they turned out:
And by the way? They work.
This isn't the normal brand of fannnishness that occurs in this journal. Well, not really. But, well, my project team for my lab class this term finished our major project today, and I figure some people on my flist would really appreciate all our efforts.
And thus, I bring you:
ultranos's Design and Manufacturing II, Final Lab:7 MechE students
3 Months
1 Goal
Our production run consisted of 100 of each part. While we only had to assemble 5 to turn in, we decided to prep everything for if/when we decide we want to make more.
As you can see, there are a lot.
These face masks were mine and another guy's task. The hardest part was creating the mold, since this is a thermoform part. (We needed to drill out the aluminum in order to drill very tiny holes to allow the vacuum to suck down the plastic to make the eyes.)
The hours spent spray painting them gold or silver were also fun. My fingers were covered in paint when I went home for Thanksgiving last week.
The adding white glow-in-the-dark paint to each eye hole on each of the 100 masks was the painstaking part. 1 drop per hole. Also, the paint fumes were incredibly strong.
Assembly. Everything snapped together like a dream. We totally rocked that.
Forgive me for trying to give you a sense of the scope here. :) Everything was designed by us. Our instructions basically were "make a yo-yo no bigger than this". And I'm really, really proud of how they turned out:
And by the way? They work.
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