When I presented my design in class the biggest feedback I got was to make it more structurally sound and to make the path the spoon moves through smoother. I also thought about ways to make my design more useful. One problem is that there was no handle. Another problem was that the top was only made for one pot. I think that that it would be useful if I could create a design that could be used for many different sized pots so theoretically, if this product was on the market, it would be worth the money. In CAD I edited my design below:
I went to the IMA lab to reconstruct my design below:
I cut out the circles and paid more attention to detail. I then added a bottom part so that the top can fit snuggly on the pot. I also used a real spoon to see if my design would work and I realized that a normal spoon would not reach far enough to prevent burning on the bottom. So of instead of fitting a spoon I used wire to make it so many different size spoons could be attached to the top. I need to figure out a way for the arm to adjust so that the spoons reach can be longer and shorter for different pot sizes in length. I also want to play around with designing my top to fit different lid sizes. Like I designed in CAD.
Materials used:
Cardboard
Wooden dowels
Plastic spoon
Glue gun
Glue sticks
Cutting mat
Box Cutter
Wire
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