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Music Box
We have no words to express our gratitude towards Pinchas and Dudi from Bezalel's workshop, Yarden from Beit Hansen's, and Avi from the architecture department. We couldn't have done anything without their help and kindness.
Thank you so much.
Based on this tutorial
The Musical Mechanics
Box and Drum
Rhino for CNC
We made two drum options:
1. Horizontal layers
2. Vertical layers
Since we didn't know if the robotic arm could drill holes so close together without splitting the MDF, we tried to come up with various ways to construct the drum.
Laser cutting - Bezalel
AutoCAD for CNC
CNC - Beit Hansen
Drum
Box
Assembly
The metal we cut didn't make any sound. We think it's because of the type (tin) and/or because we got thin sheets of 1 mm (expense limitations) and then we couldn't tighten the parts correctly.
Changing the plate to wood
Final Thoughts:
Vertical layers
Horizontal layers
First try didn't work and we didn't have time to try again
Gluing the layers and preparing for the robot in Bezalel
Robot in Bezalel
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Assembly
Tuning
The drum isn't completely symmetrical, and was too close to the plate. modifications to the box had to be done.
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Many last minutes modifications
Assembly and tuning
Punch Cards
AutoCAD for laser
Final Thoughts:
We should have given more thought to the material we used, the MDF presented a lot of problems along the way, and perhaps purchasing a different kind of wood would have been easier.
When basing work on an online tutorial, read it all through properly first!!! Building a smaller scale model would have helped to understand the mechanical system better, before we spent the money on the real deal.
The acoustical and musical aspect was a lot more complicated than we thought. We would have benefitted from more time from trial and error to learn these aspects better.
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