{"id":203,"date":"2022-01-18T15:19:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T22:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/?p=203"},"modified":"2022-01-18T15:19:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T22:19:54","slug":"prototype-assembly-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"Prototype assembly time!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019ve been hustling to get prototypes made in time for testing in schools this Spring. I like using math to figure out how long things will take, but, as much as I believe in math, I never account for all those little things that can go awry quite properly so my end calculation is typically wrong. Very wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ironically, when I was in grad school, I used to joke that however long my advisor said something would take, you should increase the unit. If he thinks it should take 2 days, it will take 2 weeks. One month project? Try one year. This was often a surprisingly accurate predictor for the other graduate students and myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back to the matter at hand. We\u2019ve printed 5 sets of prototypes now. Not including sub-parts, just the main prints that take <em>twenty-three<\/em> hours to print (that is 23 hr. per top half plus 23 hr. per bottom half). They are not perfect. Nope. Had to let that one go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s some non-comprehensive photos, just for fun! Next time, I\u2019m hoping to get some dry ice action shots\u2026 but for now just some assembly pictures so you can see how crazy the home office is going to be in the next few weeks since these are the photos where I\u2019m just starting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image.png 448w, https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption>So it begins. The very first usable assembled unit in the back right (still unfinished).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"447\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-1.png 447w, https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><figcaption>Seven days of printing plus a down day for cleaning up the printer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"355\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-2.png 355w, https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-2-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><figcaption>Buttons!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"361\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-3.png 361w, https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-3-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><figcaption>Plan: use up these connectors. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been hustling to get prototypes made in time for testing in schools this Spring. I like using math to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[9,17,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209,"href":"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electroopticdreams.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}