{"id":15514,"date":"2024-11-19T08:42:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/?p=15514"},"modified":"2024-11-26T08:28:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T15:28:04","slug":"final-project-update-11-19-nathaniel-filer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/2024\/11\/19\/final-project-update-11-19-nathaniel-filer\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Project Update 11\/26 – Nathaniel Filer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Progress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Using an idea from a video I watched about making a programmable music box, I decided to make flexible pieces that would snap into place in the holes along the barrel. I had to print two different designs before I found one that worked. The working design is pictured below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My design process so far has been just creating the pieces in Rhino, but I’m going to have to use grasshopper for the percussion instrument bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the finished design of the barrel with a 32×6 matrix of holes (my original plan of a 120×6 matrix was infeasible), and what I have printed so far (I’ve had my printer working for 148 hours to get this far!):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The current design is 296 mm long and 220 mm tall. The width is going to grow with the addition of the percussion mechanisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of the lengthwise pieces didn’t fit together perfectly (there was one time I forgot to clip down my print bed fully, and it bent slightly over the course of the long print, causing the pieces to warp slightly, but I was able to force them together and they are quite sturdy as a whole).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By Tue Nov 26th:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Design and print the cylinder and the legs it stands on<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Design and print some pieces that snap into the cylinder<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Design the mechanisms that strike, scrape, and shake percussive instruments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    By Tue Dec 3rd:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Print the mechanisms (at least 3: one of each type)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Design and print a base for the whole drum machine<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Design some percussive instrument bodies to be struck, scraped, and shaken using Grasshopper and the Turtle library<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Print some of the instruments and test them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      By Tue Dec 10th:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Print further instruments as part of an iterative design process to get the sounds I want<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Add decorative designs and reprint necessary parts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Present the project!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Updated Deliverables<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        • The drum machine base (where everything else will be mounted)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The cylinder with a 32\u00d76 matrix of dowel holes (32 possible timing instances and 6 possible instruments)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The hand crank (and possibly some gears) to turn the cylinder<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 3-6 lever-action mechanisms for striking the instruments (some may be the same, but there will be at least three different designs: one for striking, one for scraping, and one for shaking)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 3-6 different percussive instruments (some to be struck, some to be scraped, and some to be shaken)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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