Team Members: Jason Fitch David Gardner Lisa Huffman Zach Sielaff Sponsor: Dr. Tom Hess Design Review: 11/13/09 Reed Forming Machine 1 Advisor: Dr. Jay McCormack
Goal: design a machine to make clarinet reed blanks. 2
Hand plane Utility knife 3
Variable thickness: 2.7–3.4 mm Smooth and flat 4
Symmetrical Variable width: 11–11.5 mm at butt; 12.8–13.25 mm at tip 5
Budget: $2,000 Blade replacement cost Safety Time 6
Research current methods Cost comparisons Quality testing Decisions Clamp from both ends for planing Human actuation 7
Planing: End Mill Table saw Jointer Shaping: “One quick motion” Router Table saw 8
Planing: End Mill 9
Planing: Table saw 10
Planing: Jointer 11
Shaping: “One quick motion” 12
Shaping: Router 13
Shaping: Table saw 14
Ease of cutting Ease of blade change Surface finish Accuracy Ease of blade changes Maintenance costs Safety 15
DesignInitial CostMaintenance Cost End MillNone$40 Table Saw$120$20 Jointer$120$20 “One quick motion”$1200$60 Router$110$15 16
Gauging thickness and width Size of the material Target market 17
Rough prototypes Decide on final design Solid model Create materials list Buy materials/tools Build machine Test to ensure quality 18
End Mill 19
“One quick motion” 20
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