Category: <span>Complete Projects</span>

[5.2021]A Rainy Day with Swedish Fish: When McMaster-Carr is Missing a CAD model

[Description]: A simple project of creating a CAD model of a Swedish fish. This is more of a silly than practical project, but was generated because of the excitement I got when someone in MITERS mentioned McMaster had Swedish fish drawings. [Processes Applied]: Solidworks [Summary]: So this project started out …

[02.2020]Cruzin’ in style: An Electric Trike

[Description]: In MITERS we have a tradition of building electric vehicles and riding them around campus/cambridge for fun. This projects goal was to create a comfortable, peppy, and robust electric trike while also limiting its top speed for safety. [Processes Applied]: Soldering Battery Welding Electronics Metal Working Welding Painting [Summary]: …

[7.06.19]We Don’t Need no Stinking Batteries: Wiring up a battery powered MITERS Saw

[Description]: When working on another project I came across an issue with the tooling at MITERS. Our only MITERS saw was battery powered… but in the last year we threw away all our old tool batteries and standardized. So none of the batteries fit the MITERS Saw. That’s when I …

[07.20.19]Inflate with MORE POWER: Upgrading hand-held tube inflate-or

[Description]: This project was centered around a junk-yard find, a battery powered Quick-fill device for inflating inflatables. The goal was to improve its ability to quickly fill an inflatable raft using high discharge lithium instead of C-cell batteries. [Processes Applied]: Soldering & Wiring Battery safety [Summary]: The device originally ran …