Waiting on Parts (Week Three)

This week we had completed setting in the CNC machine for the second axis as well as putting in the printing platform on the bottom machine. Soldering the wires to the machines were also completed this week, but we are still slightly behind where want to be on the timeline.

We were also planning to finish setting in the z-axis this week, but we didn't have enough standoff screws to mount the CNC machine. Right now, we are just waiting on Amazon to ship the standoff screws for us to use. The item we bought is sold here.

In the meantime, our programmers, Zabir and Devin, are getting familiarized with the coding language, C and C++, needed to program the Arduino that is going to move the CNC machines.

For applying layers of chocolate, we plan on using a bike pump and syringe. The pump pressure would be computerized to apply a specific amount of pressure at certain times. We are still going over the options we have for a heating tank. One of our main technique for making the chocolate the correct consistency is the ingredients of it. We are going to research a recipe that would allow the chocolate mixture to be runny inside the tank, but solidify pretty quickly after applying it on the printing platform.