Pantograph
Larkfield Art Supply wants a kit that traces a small drawing and copies it 3× bigger. Pick your joints, design for real-part variation, and build laser-cut links that run with one hand. Then prove your accuracy with percent error.
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Energy, forces, simple machines, and the design process. You build things, test them against a number, and make them better — then explain to a client why you made the choices you did.
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Linkages, tolerances, and percent error. Design laser-cut links that trace a drawing and copy it 3× bigger. Client: Larkfield Art Supply.