BLOCK LOADER

A SLIDER-CRANK APPLICATION

 

 

OVERVIEW

 

A block loader is simply a slider-crank mechanism along with some structure used to take a column a blocks and output a row of blocks.

 

COMPONENTS

 

You will need your slider-crank mechanism and some extra structure.

 

 

TASK

 

Build your own version of a box loader. 

 

Question that you might need to answer:  If your crank’s gear radius is r, what is the maximum block size that can be used?  What assumptions are you making?


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