The Claw Project was a project where we build a hydraulic arm out of laser-cut pieces of wood and tubes with water and syringes on the ends. we used the syringes with water to move the arm with the pressure. I completed this project by getting all the parts and putting them on a placemat we were giving with a list of parts we needed. Then I started to configure the base and build up from there. Once I finished building the arm I began to put water in the syringes and tubes. After that, I made a few adjustments to the bolts and screws on the arm to make it rotate and move better, But after that, I had finished the project.
Making all the parts fit together was a struggle sometimes because the laser cutter sometimes didn’t make the cuts right and I had to hot glue parts together. Another part of this project that was hard was putting the water in the tubes. To do it properly you had to get all the air out from the tube and then put water in it and it took a long time to get that done. I failed at this many times but I eventually somehow did it. A thing that went well was getting all the parts. I was surprised by myself that I was able to get everything without actual instructions to follow. Building everything was fairly easy for me as well. The only annoying part of the building was when I had to glue things but other than that I was able to build and complete it with very few mistakes.
Here are some progression photos
