E-Nable Fellowship - Trumpet Files on enablingthefuture.org

Find all of the links for the Trumpet Holder on Enabling the Future.com

Trumpet Adapter Redesign - King Cleveland 600 Trumpet

I designed the first iteration of the King Cleveland 600 Trumpet adapter. I took the files from the Bach student trumpet and slightly modified the height and location of the holes for the tubes to extend out, based on a couple photos that were sent to me from a family that is interested in an adapter for their son. I'm going to send a test print to the family to see how it fits on the trumpet, and then make any necessary revisions.

Bach on left, King Cleveland on right. 

UPDATE 11/14

Pictures on the King Cleveland 600 Trumpet

e-NABLE Fellowship - Karuna's Trumpet Holder on Filamentix

Another really great write up about the Trumpet Adaptive Device on Filamentix. 

e-NABLE Fellowship - Karuna's Trumpet Holder - Exploded Diagram Animation

e-NABLE Fellowship - Karuna's Trumpet Holder - MORE RENDERING

So, if you haven't figured it out yet - I love rendering. Here are some more of the trumpet holder, including a small video test.... More to come!

e-NABLE Fellowship - End Term Documentation

e-NABLE Fellowship – End Term Documentation

As a part of the 2015 Summer Fellowship Pilot Program of the Enable Community Foundation, I conducted research at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee’s Digital Craft Research Lab into adaptive devices, hand design aesthetics, and alternative materials/processes for the creation of hands.

Week 1 - 8

• Designed and prototyped adaptive technology for Bach Student Trumpet TR300. This includes; (1) a semi-permanent casing around left side and base of valves, (2) dovetail mechanism for attaching a scalable hand/palm design, (3) a rotational palm attachment and (4) a corresponding gauntlet with flexion and extension capabilities. During the design process the instrument’s existing aesthetic was considered and prioritized to ensure and maintain the integrity and elegance of experiencing a Bach instrument.
• Rendered designs using Keyshot
• Released designs as open source files, on youmagine.com and thingiverse.com

Week 9

• Research, design and prototype alternative design methods for the creation of gauntlets Experimentation with thin-walled prints for flexibility.  

All of the research and design I conducted during the 2015 Summer Fellowship Pilot Program of the Enable Community Foundation, was documented on my personal blog; http://digitalfabricationanddesign.blogspot.com/ and will be shared during a Handathon building event at the Wisconsin Science Festival, October 24-25, 2015 in Madison, Wisconsin.

e-NABLE Fellowship - Gauntlet Tests

I am interested in creating a flexible style gauntlet - I've taken some inspiration from the stretchlet and started experimenting with thin wall prints... The results have varied greatly - but so far no solution.  

e-NABLE Fellowship - Karuna's Trumpet Holder - Finished!

Karuna's green set is finished! I hope he likes it.  

e-NABLE Fellowship - Karuna's Trumpet Holder - 3Dprint.com

Karuna's Trumpet Holder was featured on 3DPrint.com. They must have known it was my birthday ;)

e-NABLE Fellowship - Karuna's Trumpet Holder - Final Print

Karuna wants a green set - so I'm making one! WIP - I did a black dovetail to go with the black Velcro that will go around his arm.

e-NABLE Fellowship - Karuna's Trumpet Holder - Final Design Release

...and that's a wrap! Like with anything I've ever made before, I feel like this is object is one I could keep designing forever, over and over, re-doing all of the components until it's perfect, but sometimes you've just got to say "Hey - this is great! 1st iteration done!" and take a break for a little while. I've had such a great time working on this project. I never could have anticipated the feeling of accomplishment associated with designing for the e-NABLE community. Thank you everyone who has made this fellowship possible!

You can find the final designs on Thingiverse and Youmagine.

e-NABLE Fellowship - Karuna's Trumpet Holder - Scalable .stl

As I am getting prepared to release the files, I've begun to create scalable versions of all the Trumpet Adaptive Device components. It's been kind of challenging for a few of the components because I hadn't thought about this being needed at first... so I haven't modified them in the "right" way, but they will work just fine. I will definitely keep this in mind in the future for any other scalable objects I make.

e-NABLE Fellowship - Karuna's Trumpet Holder - Final Revisions

Revised Gauntlet |||||| The functional parts of the gauntlet needed a little bit more attention, specifically strength. I attempted to extend the surface slightly to increase the amount of material around the hole, but it wasn't working right. I finally decided to simply adjust the location of the hole and also adjusted the size of the Velcro slot to be more in line with the stock size of the material. 

Revised Palm ||||||| I changed the placement of the holes for rotating the palm on the trumpet holder. The previous holes were estimations, but now the holes are custom to Karuna's liking.

closed up the old holes

The measurement markings for adjusting the holes to fit Karuna's needs.

e-NABLE Fellowship - Karuna's Trumpet Holder - Interlocking Palm v4

 v4 of the palm is interlocking and has two parts that slide together. These would need to be glued together, they don't lock fully. The print is a little harder to clean up than the solid piece, but they look a lot nicer when they are finished.

e-NABLE Fellowship - Karuna's Trumpet Holder - Rendered in Keyshot

I am rendering a few images for my portfolio and thought I would share... Oh, Keyshot, you are fabulous. 

I couldn't resist rendering one image in a metallic finish.