Abstract

This page discusses the Lego Makerspace project, working for Zane Middle School to provide a storage facility for legos that can also transport them from class to class. The Narwhal Team created the prototype and design for the table that will be used by 6th-8th graders at Zane Middle School. The school is located in Eureka, California. Team Narwhal was assembled through Humboldt State’s Intro to Design course instructed by Camille Penny.

Background

During spring semester of 2016, Zane Middle School has come to ask the class of Engineering 215: Intro to Engineering Design at Humboldt State University to help them design and construct different projects. Team Narwhal, composed of students: Nestor Lopez, Jesus Rincon, Eric Douglas, and Cuong Tran, designed a Lego Makerspace table where Zane students will store and transport their Legos across school provided at the same time with space to create make their lego structures. Students have space to play and construct Legos. Furthermore, the table must offer storage areas for the Lego pieces and design booklets. In addition, the client will share this table with other classroom around campus so lightweight and portability is highly considerable.

Problem Statement and Criteria

The objective is to design a cart for Zane Middle School that will store and efficiently transport legos from classroom to classroom, and provides a play space. The cart must be safe and durable for use around kids. The cost must stay below $300. It must be lightweight and made from recycled materials to support and show sustainability. the cart design must provide enough storage volume and must be appealing to the eye.

Citeria Weight (1-10) Constraints
Safety 10 Safe to be used by children.
Durability 9 Resistant for children.
Cost 8 Can not exceed $300.
Weight 7 Lightweight
Sustainability 6 The design should utilize as many recycled materials as possible.
Storage Volume 5 Additional space for storing.
Aesthetics 3 Looks clean and professional.

Description of Final Project

Our final design, The Oregon Trail is based on a 4 foot long, up-cycled wagon to really provide most of the building space. In addition, we used poles to increase the height of our design by 7 inches from the wagon to the Table base. With the increased height, the open space underneath the tabletop will provide for extra storage space. Moreover, we also found an old aluminum top, from an old electrical appliance, to attached to the poles to function as our Table base. The aluminum top also has a smooth and hollow inside to allow for further storage of Legos. We then attach the rail sliders onto the Table base. Moreover, we cut our street sign into half to create an open and closing table top. The street sign will act as a play area and also an access to the legos stored in the table base. The street sign will be attached to the rails to provide easy sliding to reduce space when not in use for easy transportation and storage. Furthermore, we super glued the lego base onto the street sign to provide the children with actual Lego Base to construct their legos on.

This is how the end product would look like. Cartfinal.png

Costs

Image Description Price per Item Quantity Place Purchased Total Cost
Flatcart.jpg
Wagon 25.00 1 Arcata Scrap Yard 25.00
Drill1.jpeg
Table Top 10.00 1 Arcata Scrap Yard 10.00
Endofconstruction.gif
Street Sign 9.00 1 Arcata Scrap Yard 9.00
Railslider.jpg
Rail Slider 12.80 3 pairs Almquist lumber 38.4
Screws.jpg
Screws Free 20x Marty's Shop Donated
Nuts.jpg
Nuts Free 20x Marty's Shop Donated
Steelbar.jpg
Steel bar 5.00 4 Arcata Scrap Yard 5.00
Steelplate.jpg
Steel Plate 2.50 1 Arcata Scrap Yard 2.50
Rubberprotection.jpg
Rubber Protection Strip 14.99 2 Walmart 29.98
Plasticpad.jpg
Plastic padding 10.99 3 Walmart 32.97
Legobase.jpeg
Lego base 15.00 2 Ebay 30.00
Sandpapers.jpg
SandPapers 1.99 4 Ace's Hardware 7.96
Rustpaint.jpg
5.99 Rust Spray paint 2 Ace's Hardware 11.98
Total Cost : $ 164.39

How to build

Step 1| We dissambled the wagon

Step 2| We sand the wagon and remove all the rust and repaint

Step 3| Cut the construction sign in half

Step 4| Drill holes onto the table top

Step 5| Drill holes on the sign and connect it to the table top

Step 6| We sand down the steel plates to weld the support

Step 7| Bolt everything back together.

Step 8| Glue the legos base onto the table top.

Links to Team Narwhal members

Cuong Tran

Jesus Rincon

Nestor Lopez

Eric Douglas

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