an early view of our frame- the worm gears have been installed,
but we are sill working on the track along which the scanner will move:
building the track gears:
progress made on the tracks:
two of the alternate possibilites we considered using as the stippling mechanism:
the model we eventually chose for the stippling mechanism:
one of the designs for orienting motor a which operates the side tracks:
preliminary designs for motor b and the sensor mount:
the different designs we tried for the scanning mechanism:
the final design for the scanner with the stippling mechanism attached:
building the four braces to support the upper platform of plexiglass: