The end of February and beginning of March was spent trying to find all the necessary hardware before I could move on with the rest of the camera. I was able to scrounge up most of my brass pieces from McMaster-Carr and SmallParts, but I was delayed in finding a brass rack (brass pinions were everywhere). Eventually I found it right under my nose at McMaster-Carr after some user interface issues (Biyeun!Fail). The whole incident is quite embarrassing.

With the brass finally available, I spent most of March learning how to machine the parts that I needed. I also spent most of March realizing that I was a Physicist and not an Electrical Engineer, and the whole process of switching majors left me without much time to take photos of the machining process (but I’m sure I’ll have some of those soon).

A week after add date, I also decided that, with all this work put into the camera, I really ought to receive some credit for it. Unfortunately, this idea came the night of the Spring for-credit UROP proposal deadline. But after some emails, I was able to get a proposal in by the following Monday. Now I have the best UROP ever, with Thery Mislick (from the Edgerton Center) as my supervisor.

I assure you…more is to come.

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