Design group 9

Halvor: For the task, I used the web-based program “Tinkercad”, as well as Adobe Illustrator. Using Tinkercad, I made the bushings, gears, an extended circle, the sun and the moon. For the wolf, I used Tinkercad, but first I used Adobe Illustrator where I traced the lines of an image of a wolf, but this gives me only the shape, so I uploaded it to Tinkercad as a .svg file where I then could adjust and shape it 3-dimensionally. I then downloaded all of the objects I wanted to be printed as a .stl file. That is because “Cura” a program that is made by the creators of “Ultimaker”, which converts .stl files over to a .gcode file that the 3D printer can read. The four gears were put in the shape of a (very) geometric and pointy question mark without the dot (of course), because I needed two parallel rotations that spun the same direction and speed. The other two was used as the rotation grip and to keep the mechanism together. The first gear of the two parallel gears that spun the direction had a stick with the sun and moon glued to it on each tip, and the second had the extended circle attached to it. The extended circle would push a stick one time each full rotation where the stick would pull down the lower part of the wolf´s head to make it “howl” when the moon stood straight up. The bushings were made to keep the gears in position. From this project I learnt how to make mechanical toys and the process of making them. It was really enjoyable and I would love to do it again!