April 12, 2012

• Broke up team into 3 sub-groups to increase efficiency: Aesthetics, Parts & Mechanisms, and Housing Box Teams
• Discussed plans for next 3 weeks (it's crunchtime! )

April 17, 2012

• Received music player, shafts, and gears in the mail.
• Did not receive the worm gears yet, and will decide on whether it is worth spending the money on them or not.

April 19, 2012

• Bought plywood pieces to use for building the box.
• Finished SolidWorks model of box, and sent it to the laser cutter to be properly assembled.
• Metal shafts were cut into their proper lengths for integration into the music box.
• Met to discuss final plans and schedule for assembling the entire box.

April 23, 2012

• Began intensive work for the final project; assembled the entire wooden box, shafts, some gears, and added “grass” to the scenery.

April 24, 2012

• Converted some parts of the Foundation Building in SolidWorks to AutoCAD and laser-cut them (on plywood of course).

April 25, 2012

• Laser-cut the front design of the Foundation Building and redid the cam on 1/8” acrylic as opposed to 1/4”.

April 26, 2012

• Worked on the aesthetics of the Foundation Building.
• Currently trying to figure out how to adjust parts which do not line up with what was expected on the music box, since the music box had a slight offset causing problems with getting all of our parts to work together.
• Deadline got extended to May 4th!!!