The Right wax, anywhere, anytime
"We want the redbox of ski waxing", this was the design prompt for this project. The first 24 hours was quite the brainstorming session.
Skis have brakes, and they get in the way when waxing. Current industry practice is to use a rubber band. I wanted to automate this process, 200+ prototypes later, I found a solution. The brake system I designed uses a simple HIGH/LOW hall effect switch to both locate and deactivate the brake system on over 95% of skis on the market today.
I wrote the control logic, in C++, that runs the entire machine and the graphics that operate the front end, HTML,CSS & Javascript. Being a mechanical engineer by education, designing the mechanical systems and the software that runs it was a educational experience to say the least.
The initial prototype was manufactured in house, on a homemade CNC router.
First day prototype.
It's alive...and terrifying!
TIme to control the monster.
Brake mechanism iteration #156...
Getting there.
Interate, iterate, iterate.
Single board electronics version 1.