Team Members: Jason Fitch David Gardner Lisa Huffman Zach Sielaff Sponsor: Dr. Tom Hess Design Review: 11/13/09 Reed Forming Machine 1 Advisor: Dr. Jay McCormack

Goal: design a machine to make clarinet reed blanks. 2

Hand plane Utility knife 3

Variable thickness: 2.7–3.4 mm Smooth and flat 4

Symmetrical Variable width: 11–11.5 mm at butt; 12.8–13.25 mm at tip 5

Budget: $2,000 Blade replacement cost Safety Time 6

Research current methods Cost comparisons Quality testing Decisions Clamp from both ends for planing Human actuation 7

Planing: End Mill Table saw Jointer Shaping: “One quick motion” Router Table saw 8

Planing: End Mill 9

Planing: Table saw 10

Planing: Jointer 11

Shaping: “One quick motion” 12

Shaping: Router 13

Shaping: Table saw 14

Ease of cutting Ease of blade change Surface finish Accuracy Ease of blade changes Maintenance costs Safety 15

DesignInitial CostMaintenance Cost End MillNone$40 Table Saw$120$20 Jointer$120$20 “One quick motion”$1200$60 Router$110$15 16

Gauging thickness and width Size of the material Target market 17

Rough prototypes Decide on final design Solid model Create materials list Buy materials/tools Build machine Test to ensure quality 18

End Mill 19

“One quick motion” 20

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