Product Engineering: Imp. Drvr Ideas for Next Semester

[turbo]

more ideas

One more idea. Instead of one switch for direction of rotation and a separate trigger, install a rocker trigger with two curved recesses for the index finger. Upper recess tightens, lower one loosens (my preference). If they make pre-production samples, send me one. Make sure the trigger recesses are large enough to be felt easily, and groove one of them so that they can be discerned by feel. Are you feeling rich yet?

 

[Danger]

But, you would get free tools.

Okay then... I'm in.

Good idea about the recesses, Turbo. I had one of those useless little B & D cordless drill/drivers, and my finger kept slipping from one end of the rocker to the other. Very irritating.
I might suggest further that the switch be long enough to be used easily with heavy gloves on. That was impossible with the B & D thing.

 

[turbo]

Okay then... I'm in.

Good idea about the recesses, Turbo. I had one of those useless little B & D cordless drill/drivers, and my finger kept slipping from one end of the rocker to the other. Very irritating.
I might suggest further that the switch be long enough to be used easily with heavy gloves on. That was impossible with the B & D thing.

The grooves in one recess would be useful for a rocker trigger that is relatively small and actuated by moving your index finder up and down a bit. A larger rocker trigger could be big enough to accommodate gloved fingers and the tighten-loosen selection could be made by squeezing with either the index finder or the middle finger. Cyrus, I want modest royalties, or at least some free tools.

 

[Cyrus]

These are good ideas, but I don't know if I will be able to do them! It would mean making a model of the drill in Pro-E, and that's NOOOO EASY task. I would have to redesign the entire plastic housing...yikes. The problem is DeWalt uses another program, NOT pro-E. So I can't use their models in pro-E to make modifications.

 

[turbo]

These are good ideas, but I don't know if I will be able to do them! It would mean making a model of the drill in Pro-E, and that's NOOOO EASY task. I would have to redesign the entire plastic housing...yikes. The problem is DeWalt uses another program, NOT pro-E. So I can't use their models in pro-E to make modifications.

Wahh! These ideas are too hard for me! Do you want to make a fortune or merely coast through your courses and earn a grade?

 

[Cyrus]

Im not going to make a penny off of this design. DeWalt might, I wont. The point of that class isn't to be a master at Pro-E. Do you know how much *time* it would suck up to redesign the entire case of a drill?!

I have three other *real* courses on controls and dynamics to spend than making drill parts. Its all going to depend on how much time I have and what is a realistic task. Redesigning an entire drill in one semester is not realistic, on top of which is a 50-100 page report.

 

[Math Is Hard]

A pink one for girls?

Already covered by MIH in the marketing dept (see first page).

 

[Cyrus]

Oh yeah, and by the way...waaaaaaaa

 

[Math Is Hard]

Oh yeah, and by the way...waaaaaaaa

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