Mechanical Design

Mechanical Design

The Fab Academy project this week was to make the MTM Snap Machine. Since we do not have a Shop Bot, Dean (our casting artist) suggest we make our first MTM from casted aluminum. Our group was able to make all the parts but without some serious machining it is impossible to get the tolerances necessary for the MTM Snap.

MTM SNAP using HDPE and the Shop Bot

Mercedes asked her contacts on campus who had a Shop Bot, and then asked different individuals if we could use it for a project for the Fab Lab.She convinced someone that our project was valid so they agreed to cut the MTM using HDPE. There are photos below showing the building process used in constructing both devices

Materials

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MTM Snap component designs

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MTM SNAP

Radio Board

Betty, Mercedes, and Dean's webpages for more Snap Machine information:

http://academy.cba.mit.edu/labs/urbana/mercedes.mane/Website/Machine_Design/index_machine_design.html

http://academy.cba.mit.edu/labs/urbana/dean.rose/files/snap.html

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