We received a series of leading questions from Professor Scoles in order to help further the research portion of our project. To address these questions, we decided to create a new tab titled "Background".
Design:
Today in class we looked at the pictures and videos of the water wheel in the museum and wanted to decide on a design for the project. First we drew the wheel on the board from several different angles.
Then we discussed where we could put the generator, lights, and rotation device as seen in the following image.
Next we had a discussion on gears and belts. Gears would be easier to maintain, but belts would be more feasible in the time we have left this term. Our team plans to research both options and have a decision by next week's class as to which system we would use in our design. The below is a rough sketch of the gear system on the left an the belt system on the right. The gears would have a large gear with many teeth that turns the smaller gear to turn faster.
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