Class Meeting Notes for March 27th
This class we focused on pulleys and chains. The differences between intersecting gear and chains/pulleys.
Notes are in my sketchbook.
Why add mechanisms of our own:
- Change the KIND of motion
- Translate the LOCATION of the movement
- Change the SPEED/POWER of the motor.
6 Simple Machines:
- Wheel
- Screw
- Lever
- Pulley
- Inlcined PLane
- Wedge (portable inclined plane?)
Books/Websites
- Making Things Move by Dustyn Roberts
- Contemporary Automata
- Cabaret Mechanical Movement
- Arthur Ganson
No Class Meeting on March 29th