Our maker faire project was making a scribble bot. A scribble bot is a cup with markers on the bottom, and a motor on the top to make it spin. It draws stuff in circles, with different colors. We made the scribble bot because it’s a fun project and it’s cool to see how it draws. We can vary the size and shape of it and see how it affects the drawings.
How we found out about this project was that one of us looked up “cool maker faire projects” and after a while, we came upon this project. This project drew our eye because we’ve seen this before and we thought that it was really cool. We thought it would be way more complicated than it actually was.
We learned that if the first design for a project doesn’t work, then you might need to tweak it. For example, our wires weren’t sticking to the motor, so it kept stopping. We then used tin foil to help the wires stick. If we had more time, we would probably hook up the motor to an arduino, so we could give it commands. Some advice for doing this project is to align the markers so that the scribble bot isn’t off balance.
We didn’t spend any money on our project, because we just used materials that we had or that the school had. But the estimated cost of our project is about $10.
One of our challenges was getting a can to use, so we decided to use a cup instead. It didn’t work as well, because it was less sturdy, but it got the job done.
No comments:
Post a Comment