{"id":1140,"date":"2021-11-26T22:36:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T22:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kerrygalloway.com\/kerryswebstudio\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2021-11-26T22:39:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T22:39:32","slug":"build-diary-hurricane-mkii-midi-fader-box-5-progress-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerrygalloway.com\/kerryswebstudio\/2021\/11\/26\/build-diary-hurricane-mkii-midi-fader-box-5-progress-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Build Diary: Hurricane MKII MIDI Fader Box #5 \u2013 progress report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time flies. This project extended into the beginning of term, and in a remarkable bit of synchronicity one of the term\u2019s projects happened to be &#8211; learn a new skill and document your learnings! So after consulting with my prof, the amazing Dr Vicki Kelly, I shifted gears and incorporated this into my term project. This meant &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-a036d790-57e8-4b2b-8954-d7b442baddb0\"><li>documenting aspects of the project I hadn\u2019t considered documenting<\/li><li>putting the \u201ctiny workshop\u201d part on temporary hold; I would just have to continue to make do with improvised workspaces for the time being<\/li><li>getting analytical about any bottlenecks in the process<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I guess we\u2019d all like to create perfect designs the first time out, but the design process for this was \u201citerative\u201d &#8211; come up with an idea, test it out, make refinements, make a new version, lather rinse repeat.  Unfortunately my process was hitting a fundamental practical bottleneck &#8211; each \u201citeration\u201d took a massive amount of time. I had to book one of the slots at the MMC, make my way (since we\u2019re a one-car family) up to SFU, put my design on to print for eight hours (meaning by the time it finished my slot would be long over and I\u2019d be back at home) and make the journey up again the next day to pick up the print &#8211; and I wasn\u2019t always free for two consecutive days to work on this, so pickup would wait for my next free day. Then I\u2019d have to scrutinize and test and come up with a refinement, and most times this couldn\u2019t really be done \u201con the spot\u201d, and after that there\u2019d be another pair of trips &#8211; one to print, one to pick up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> I think I only did this cycle once before I started thinking about simply buying my own 3D printer &#8211; so I did. On the recommendation of my instructor, it\u2019s an Ender 3 V2; bare-bones but fundamentally solid and very expandable and tweakable, should I so desire. Within a few days of getting it up and running I was starting to get the hang of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That solved part of the \u201chardware resources\u201d issue. Software needed to be solved as well: the school had computers with apps I\u2019d need like Adobe Illustrator and Fusion 360, but their price tags were prohibitive. I soon discovered SFU students can access a free educational license for Fusion 360, but Adobe Illustrator was problematic. I finally settled on the open source Inkscape, which is powerful and comprehensive (if still a little unintuitive and \u201crough around the edges\u201d on Mac OSX). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the most recent iteration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kerrygalloway.com\/kerryswebstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/8C32F200-5AFB-48CC-94D6-1174BB2C83F4-1024x786.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kerrygalloway.com\/kerryswebstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/8C32F200-5AFB-48CC-94D6-1174BB2C83F4-1024x786.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kerrygalloway.com\/kerryswebstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/8C32F200-5AFB-48CC-94D6-1174BB2C83F4-300x230.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.kerrygalloway.com\/kerryswebstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/8C32F200-5AFB-48CC-94D6-1174BB2C83F4-768x590.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.kerrygalloway.com\/kerryswebstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/8C32F200-5AFB-48CC-94D6-1174BB2C83F4.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Pictured &#8211; upper L, the .91\u201d OLED display I\u2019m still designing a hood\/bezel for; lower L, a Teensy LC mount from Thingiverse until I can design a proper one for the layout; R, the box in its current form &#8211; still refining, I want the front lower and maybe some sort of \u201cramp\u201d wrist rest for comfort.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time flies. 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