cnc workflow

from paper to wood

mechanical components

stepper motor at bottom of frame

timing belt pulley assembly

timing belt pulley at top of frame

First attempt at wood slats and their connection mechanisms to each other ....

and to the timing belt

1/16" was not flexible enough.

slat iteration

slat iteration

slat iteration

timing belt location issues

many iterations.

tabbed attachment

slats in frame

timing belt binding issue

The timing belt came not closed, so I made a clamp on the waterjet to try and pinch the ends of the timing belt together.

My clamp snapped in half.

So I took two halves that had slots and bolted them together.

The over/under front/back theading of the timing belt through the slats. Notice the final detail only has a timing belt connection on one end.

Works with human power.

This image shows surface normals. I decided to try and include some on my surface to accentuate the curving action.

My first pass was molding straight from gessoed foam.

But I used smoothcas 300 and it fused with the gesso, destroying the mold.

The second mold I made a positive from foam (used the ball nose - mistake)

I used the oomoo mold to mass produce the "vectors"

They fit into slots on each of the slats.

actuated.

actuated

actuated

code adjustment for regular stepper movement

el fin.

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