{"id":15442,"date":"2024-11-15T11:19:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T18:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/?p=15442"},"modified":"2024-11-15T11:19:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T18:19:56","slug":"final-project-proposal-nathaniel-filer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/2024\/11\/15\/final-project-proposal-nathaniel-filer\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Project Proposal &#8211; Nathaniel Filer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m planning to design a fully-3D-printed programmable drum machine.  There will be a hand crank that turns a cylinder.  On the surface of the cylinder will be a matrix of holes that dowels can be inserted into.  Each dowel will trigger some kind of lever-action mechanism (ideally moved only by gravity, MAYBE with rubber bands if necessary) that either hits a drum, scrapes along a textured surface on a resonant chamber, or possibly does something else I discover as I go along.  I will need to experiment with different drums\/percussive surfaces, mechanisms (for timing and desired motion), and dowel-holes\/dowels (so they stick but aren&#8217;t impossible to remove).  The overall point of this is to create a usable acoustic percussive instrument that makes the best use of PLA filament as a material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deliverables (to be designed in Grasshopper, sliced in Cura, and printed with my Ender 3 3D printer using PLA filament)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The drum machine base (where everything else will be mounted)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The cylinder with a 120&#215;6 matrix of dowel holes (120 possible timing instances and 6 possible instruments)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The hand crank (and possibly some gears) to turn the cylinder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 lever-action mechanisms for striking the instruments (some may be the same, but there will be at least two different designs: one for striking, and one for scraping)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 different percussive instruments (some to be struck and some to be scraped)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Me<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Myself<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Tue Nov 19th:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Design and print the cylinder and a crank that can be inserted into it (leave potential gears for later)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design and print some dowels that fit into the cylinder (if this doesn&#8217;t work, find an alternate solution)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design and print one simple drum and a simple mechanism that strikes it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design and print a base with places to insert the cylinder, drum, and mechanism stands (this will likely be a temporary base, but I will try to design it so that if things go smoothly it could be used as the final base)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Tue Nov 26th:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Design and print some alternate struck percussive instruments that can be put into the base<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjust the striking mechanism if necessary and print new ones for each new instrument (striking mechanism itself should be as quiet as possible)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjust\/reprint the base if necessary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Tue Dec 3rd:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Design and print some scraped percussive instruments that can be put into the base<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design and print scraping mechanisms for each new instrument<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjust\/reprint the base if necessary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Tue Dec 10th:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Implement any additional ideas I&#8217;ve had throughout the process<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add decorative designs and reprint several or all parts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Present the project!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I Made a Programmable Music Box <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E-KkV7kXjwM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E-KkV7kXjwM<\/a> (for inspiration)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robot Fisherman plays 3D printed mini marimba: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cfDg2nb0d1g&amp;t=226s\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cfDg2nb0d1g&amp;t=226s<\/a> (for inspiration)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The performance of 3d printed dowel with three different surface designs in furniture joints <a href=\"https:\/\/dergipark.org.tr\/en\/pub\/tjf\/issue\/83957\/1387389\">https:\/\/dergipark.org.tr\/en\/pub\/tjf\/issue\/83957\/1387389<\/a> (for ideas about dowels and connecting pieces together)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Printing Mozart&#8217;s Piano <a href=\"https:\/\/peer.asee.org\/25954.pdf\">https:\/\/peer.asee.org\/25954.pdf<\/a> (for ideas about lever mechanisms inspired by the piano key mechanism)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3D-Printed Musical Instruments: Lessons Learned from Five Case Studies <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/20592043231210653\">https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/20592043231210653<\/a> (for bigger-picture thoughts about acoustic instrument design with 3D printing, or any fabrication method other than the traditional)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I will add further related work as I research throughout the process!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Description I&#8217;m planning to design a fully-3D-printed programmable drum machine. There will be a hand crank that turns a cylinder. On the surface of the cylinder will be a matrix of holes that dowels can be inserted into. Each dowel will trigger some kind of lever-action mechanism (ideally moved only by gravity, MAYBE with rubber bands if necessary) that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,46,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-final-project-proposal","category-studentwork24","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15443,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15442\/revisions\/15443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}