Test Your Fate: Mechanism Test

In order to identify how best to build each mechanism involved, cardboard tests have been conducted based on tutorials identified during the research stage of this brief. To help determine the size of each mechanism, specifically the plunger, a piece of card the same width as the machine has been used to help visualise the size ratio of the mechanisms compared to the machine. This was helpful however more precise tests need to be conducted using wood to determine durability and be explored in relation to the machine itself as the initial tests are too small. Furthermore it's difficult to gauge how fluid the movements of each mechanism will be as cardboard is lighter and more maneuverable than wood therefor the mechanisms could be stiff or jerky rather than smooth, however this will be explored with more accurate testing. Overall I think the designs of each mechanism will work, however further tests need to be completed to identify which wood/mdf is most appropriate. These experiments where very primitive, as I wanted to test the design roughly before conducting tests with wood.