Simple Mechanics: Cuckoo Clock
Doors are hold closed via rubber bands during all the time. To open the doors, a string runs from each door to one arm of the door servo. The Cuckoo is actuated with another servo that rotates a metal bar which actuates another slidding flat piece of metal.
The Castle Dragon
Group: Melissa, Lizzy, Ariel
Group: Avery, Cole, Raghav
Our Cuckoo Clock is a castle complete with a moat, draw bridge, and a fire breathing dragon that moves in and out of the entrance.
Mechanisms:
The draw bridge and the dragon are each operated by different 4-bar mechanisms.
Materials:
Foam core, construction paper, metal links, fasteners, wood and hot glue.
Video Link: http://vimeo.com/21684550
Team members:
Erich, Kylie, Rowyn
Materials:
- balsa wood
- Erector (?) set metal pieces
- paper crane
- popsicle sticks
Description:
We used a scissor linkage to control doors which slide to open.
Objective:
This lab allowed us to explore concepts in simple mechanics. The assignment was composed of two parts:
1) Create a mechanical construction of a trap door that opens and closes
2) Create a mechanical construction that moves the bird forward and backward.
Description
1) Door: We made two simple wooden doors that open outward when pushed by the cuckoo bird. The doors have elastic bands on the inside that make them close automatically as the bird retracts.
Lab 8 - Simple Mechanics
The goal of this lab is to study pivot points to create a cuckoo clock. There should be a door that opens and a cuckoo clock that moves.
Part 1:
In Part 1 the goal is to create a trap door controlled by two pivot points for each door.
Part 2:
