After a successful implementation of the design assembly in Solidworks what could possibly go wrong? Well, it turns out sometimes you don't get what you thought you ordered. The first step in construction was to acquire the materials and any additional tools. The first of which turned out to be a bit of a challenge in several aspects. With the current COVID lockdowns in place it wasn't possible to physically enter the store. To complicate things further the only available sizes were 4' x 8' , the large size required that the materials be delivered. This prevented in person inspection of the material prior to construction. Once the material had arrived it was found to be less rigid than expected. With budget limitation a decision was made to continue, and build an additional support structure to compensate for the new material, using scrap 2"x8" and 2"x4" that was available. With this workaround agreed upon, construction began! Now the required cuts were drawn onto the plywood to minimize the material required.
Scrap wood was used to provide support in cutting and most importantly the proper safety equipment was used, together with a work safe attitude.
After several hours of maneuvering and crawling around all the large cuts were made for the individual pieces.
Do to the lack of access to a laser cutter, the finer cuts were done using a knife to prevent damaging the plywood near the edges.
With all the cuts made the final cabinetry was assembled, with the addition of the new supports added internally in the lower part of the structure. Finally, the Surface that will be used for output was placed to verify it fit as intended.
What's Next? Once we have finalized our scale design, and the imagine recognition model is ready the scale will be mounted underneath along with the camera, lighting and Raspberry Pi in their respective locations.
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