Our Full Studio

Today was the first time, since I've been in this studio that all the benches have been full at the same time. We're all busy doing the Anglo Plat compitition. There's only a couple of days left to finnish our pieces, so everyone is working hard.

Computer Fan with Cover

This is the computer fan belt project, with the CNC cut cover plate attached to the front. The next step is to attach the batteries. The fan runs on 12v, so 4, 3v batteries would be great. Unfortunately, when connecting them, it does not work properly. The lights come on dim, and the fan wants to turn, but just doesn't. I have been in England for the past three weeks, met up with a friend of mine, Anthony Murry, who develops Blue Tooth software for mobile phone head sets, for the company CSR. Speaking to him, we realised that the problem was that the fan needs a large amount of current to run.The small 3v watch batteries that i was using, give me the volts, but not enough current. So the solution is to use larger batteries, that add up to 12v.



This photo shows how the lights and fan should run. I plugged it into my PC to see how it would work.
I used cap screws to attach the cover plate to the fan. I got the screws from Denkit models in Springfield Park. They were designed for a model aeroplane.






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