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Wrap Up This week I have finally finished the box! It has every panel on it, and I covered the seams up with some sleek metal tape to give it one continuous metal finish. I am currently leaning toward not painting it. One of my user testers (roommate) said that this way it looks moreContinue reading “Week 12 Progress”

For week 11’s progress, I hoped to wrap up everything. My to do list became more about integrating separate pieces together rather than finishing components. Door To wrap up the door structurally, I made a removable lid to hide the interior workings and shaved the back flat so I could add the metal panel toContinue reading “Week 11 Progress”

For week 10, I wanted to pretty much finish fabrication, and while I got close, there are still a couple of things that need doing. I started out by finishing up my lock cylinders. They just needed some attachment points for servos, so I drilled holes in them and used JB weld to put eyeContinue reading “Week 10 Progress”

My goal for week 9 was do a lot of my fabrication on the box. I plan to continue that into next week, with my construction hopefully being finished in week 10. I first reinforced all the sides of the box with more 2x4s using metal stud reinforcers, glue, and caulk to fix them intoContinue reading “Week 9 Progress”

Lock Pins This week for Capstone adventures, I set out to cast my aluminum lock pins. I have done enough aluminum casting in my day to be comfortable doing this, but this particular technique was a first for me, and as you will see it went awry. I started out by mixing some plaster upContinue reading “Week 8 Progress”

For week 7 I initially wanted to do the exterior of the box. Unfortunately my contacts of getting metal cheaply are not responding. However, I pivoted and instead chose to work on the door and interior of the box. I also got some conversations going for solving my IT problems Door Construction To start off,Continue reading “Week 7 Progress”

For my second Mentor discussion, I reached out to area artist Clay Hawkley. I found Mr. Hawkley’s work on a magazine webpage called the 303 magazine. Mr. Hawkley had a piece in a recent exhibit at the Dairy Arts Center in Boulder called “Touch”. His pieces in the exhibit particularly interested me. Mr. Hawkley designedContinue reading “Mentor Review 2”

For my first mentor review, I spoke with Daniel Rankin, ATLAS faculty and design extravaganza. I consulted him specifically on the design of my box’s unique hinge design. He suggested that I look into pre-made designs that exist. I was completely unaware of hinges like those he recommended to me. His critique of my designContinue reading “Mentor Review 1”

This week was a bit dysfunctional for me, however I did manage to complete some of my objectives and found some issues with some of my current designs that will need to be changed. Additionally, I sent and received several lines of communication in regards to my project. I have done some additional CAD outliningContinue reading “Week 6 Progress”

For my week 5, I set out to finish up what I missed the previous week. I needed to set up a raspberry pi system that could activate electronic components when a certain SMS message is sent. To accomplish this I followed a tutorial I found online. However, while working through it, I found thatContinue reading “Week 5 Progress”