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Matt's Engineering Blog


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


week of 9/23-9/27
I started by creating the border for my plinko board using CAD this week. The first designs weren’t the right size, but I was using...
Sep 27, 20241 min read


week of 9/15 - 9/20 2024
To start this week I tried to print out the Archimedes screw I had designed, however, when I printed it, it got about 1/4 of the way done...
Sep 19, 20241 min read


Week of 9/9 - 9/13 2024
I started this week by cutting and sanding pegs for the board from a wooden dowel, which took a long time but it looks better and it was...
Sep 12, 20241 min read


Week of 9/2 - 9/6 2024
This week I began work on my plinko board. I researched some ideas to create it and I started work on the first sketch. I had some...
Sep 5, 20241 min read
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