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Matt's Engineering Blog


Week of 11/18 - 11/23
This week I started by finally attaching a bracket to the bottom of the screw so that the weight of the bearings would not make the screw...
Nov 22, 20241 min read


Week of 11/11 - 11/15
I started this week by attempting to fix a minor issue that had been occurring where the screw had been falling out of the pipe when the...
Nov 14, 20241 min read


Week of 11/3 - 11/8
This week I started by fixing the ramp since I had glued it backward the first time, and then I was running into some issues with the...
Nov 8, 20241 min read


week of 10/28 - 11/1
This week I started by attaching the bottom of the screw pipe to the bottom of the board, and they lined up well so I had no issues...
Oct 31, 20241 min read


Week of 10/21 - 10/25
This week I began by cutting out two circles that would stop the ball from rolling out of the bottom when they were being put into the...
Oct 25, 20241 min read


Week of 10/15 - 10/18
This week I began by creating a model in CAD of the PVC pipe to motor connector and I was happy with its design. I made holes at the side...
Oct 18, 20241 min read


Week of 10/7 - 10/11
This week I began by printing out the other half of the Archimedes screw which took a long time but I finally tried using a raft to print...
Oct 10, 20241 min read
Week of 9/30 - 10/4
This week I started by designing the board holder for my Plinko machine. After I finished designing that I wanted to finally print out my...
Oct 3, 20241 min read
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