Blog 7

Chase Trinklein
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This past week in Open Innovation, Tanner and I worked to produce our first working mechanical lure.  We started by taking our saddered battery opperated motor we finished last week and incorporated it into the mechanism fit to make a circular motion like a boat motor to in turn propel our lure through the water like a fish.  After incorporating this, I worked in rhino along with assistance from Aaron to help in producing a Prop blade for our lure.  After designing the prop, we 3d printed the blade and incorporated it into the motor mechanism to produce an actual working prop motor.   From there we proceeded to design a mold for a lure that would fit the prop motor.  We used rhino to design the mold depicted and cut it into two halves to allow us to place the motor inside the lure.  Although we had complications with the 3d printer that didn't allow for us to print today, we plan to have this printed by next class and fully functional.  Next week, we plan to begin work on our new molds and start reinvading designs to fit these new molds.