This week I made some good progress on my jersey frame. I started off the by making a jig in order to correctly place the dowels on the test blocks. I printed it using the old and more expensive printer, and once it was ready I was ready to drill. Milo helped me to find the right drill bit that fit, as well as the right technique. We ran into the issue where the drill was not directly above the hole so when we put everything together it did not align correctly. Mr. L suggested that we use a drill press, which is a machine that straightens the drill out. We used the other side of the block to cut, and after adding a lot more space that we originally thought it seemed to fit perfectly I used some popsicle sticks to put wood glue in the drilled holes, put the dowels in, and let it dry. Once I realized that dowels would be the right solution, I started to redesign the model in CAD.
It was much harder to redesign everything than I thought because if I deleted one extrude, a lot of other components would disappear. Eventually I was able to get it down, and now the whole cover is designed to be held together by dowels. Mr. L then suggested that I redesign the whole right side of the frame to use dowels instead of the two layer method that I have right now, which would take a little bit of work but I think would be a good solution. I also made some sketches in my notebook for the carpentry teacher, as well as all the materials I need. If I do end up redesigned everything to fit with dowels, it would be 3/4 inch thick, which means all I would need is a big sheet of that wood. That would save materials, money, and time, so more than likely I'll end up doing that.
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