12:00: Assignment/Website Review and continued introductions.
12:30: Power, motors / Soldering. Safety reminders:
Wear eye protection.
Use fume extractors.
Don't touch hot stuff.
Lead waste goes in lead waste tubs.
Wash hands after soldering.
1:30: Tools, Processes, and Materials
* Saw Station: Use a [hand saw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5YmVHB3P5I), use the [scroll saw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_fenDdm4oQ). Use [hand files](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4KaiG7CpSQ) and the [bench grinder](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvW4MVvk69A).
* Drill Station: Use a [hand drill](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6qzo3LYTR4), use the [drill press](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu9tYcld7ck), and [tap a hole](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWCQ-hlQvdY).
* Assembly Station:
- Measure something using micrometer, calipers, protractor, and level.
- Joining: [nuts & bolts](https://youtu.be/zIGz8STM-fI), [screws](https://youtu.be/5cA9bZRHpZE), nails, and glue.
- Experiment with gears, bearings, belts, pulleys.
Labs:
Build mechanisms using the Automata Tinkering Kit.
Work on kinetic sculpture assignment. Make sure you're comfortable with the skills covered in class.
Modeling gears in Fusion360 from scratch is a useful exercise. But you can also use a script to help automate the process. The first half of this video shows you how.
Look up artists like Arthur Ganson and others. These pieces probably took more than a few days to complete, but likely many of them started with study models made from things like cardboard and simple DC motors.
Here is a fun old reference for mechanisms: 507 Mechanical Movements, and offshoots.
Rob's example of using simple materials and joining in a prototype. And some extremely rapid prototypes
Adhesive advice at thistothat.com
Drilling a centered hole for a motor coupler.