# I need idea help for my engineering class wTF! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 12, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-idea-help-for-my-engineering-class-wtf/58065 "2008-11-12T20:07:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-idea-help-for-my-engineering-class-wtf/58065/1 "2008-11-12T20:07:08Z")
basically for my one Pro-engineering class i was assigned the lamest 3d modeling project ever, making a collapsable chair for a sporting event or a fisherman etc. it needs to incorporate 3 things including springs, bearings, and gears my chairs already drawn and designed i just dont know where to include gears any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![02NismoSpecV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/74df32/32.png) [@02NismoSpecV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02NismoSpecV)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-idea-help-for-my-engineering-class-wtf/58065/2 "2008-11-12T20:21:19Z")
hmm well shavo lets see how about where the back portion meets the seat? like on old school beach chairs ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-idea-help-for-my-engineering-class-wtf/58065/3 "2008-11-12T20:23:23Z")
^^ i was thinking that but i already put like a storage ares thing like a little pocket for stuff maybe like a side table that comes out but it wouldnt be collapsable then ---
**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-idea-help-for-my-engineering-class-wtf/58065/4 "2008-11-12T20:24:51Z")
Maybe use a gear bearing spring system to have a self centering, rotating chair. ---
**Author:** ![psychopjv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psychopjv/32/7251_2.png) [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-idea-help-for-my-engineering-class-wtf/58065/5 "2008-11-12T20:25:23Z")
For real. Old school ones had gears that ratcheted for adjusting the back portion. Do that for both the back and the foot section. People love adjustability. [http://img254.echo.cx/img254/2954/lawnchairr7ce.jpg](http://img254.echo.cx/img254/2954/lawnchairr7ce.jpg) notice the gears. ---
**Author:** ![02NismoSpecV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/74df32/32.png) [@02NismoSpecV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02NismoSpecV)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-idea-help-for-my-engineering-class-wtf/58065/6 "2008-11-12T20:26:48Z")
pat thats what i was trying to find lol ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-idea-help-for-my-engineering-class-wtf/58065/7 "2008-11-12T20:29:58Z")
> [@psychopjv](#): > > For real. Old school ones had gears that ratcheted for adjusting the back portion. Do that for both the back and the foot section. People love adjustability. > [http://img254.echo.cx/img254/2954/lawnchairr7ce.jpg](http://img254.echo.cx/img254/2954/lawnchairr7ce.jpg) > notice the gears. > [@articzap](#): > > Maybe use a gear bearing spring system to have a self centering, rotating chair. rotation wont let it be collapsable if it has to close but that would be cool, psychopjv i had this exact idea! but im not sure if he’ll accept it as one gear just being racheted, he might say its too easy and he might want gears working together ---
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-idea-help-for-my-engineering-class-wtf/58065/8 "2008-11-13T07:25:30Z")
some kind of cranking footrest using gears? Turn a crank handle to raise up a footrest? It’d be cheezy but it would add some gears to the project. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-idea-help-for-my-engineering-class-wtf/58065/9 "2008-11-13T07:27:35Z")
gear pillow ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-idea-help-for-my-engineering-class-wtf/58065/10 "2008-11-13T07:32:11Z")
> [@ubengineering](#): > > psychopjv i had this exact idea! but im not sure if he’ll accept it as one gear just being racheted, he might say its too easy and he might want gears working together That will work for that project. I’m pretty sure that you don’t have to have a system of gears. If you have DiCorso, he is really lenient on what goes through. I loved him as a teacher. Smart guy and definitely someone you could have a beer with. When I took that class, I had to design something that spread fertilizer as you mowed. I used the rotation of the wheels to turn a spreader that was fed from a reservoir which mounted on the handle of a push mower. Worked out well. That’s the day I spent 20 hours STRAIGHT in the lab working on it and got a 92 on the project. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-idea-help-for-my-engineering-class-wtf/58065/11 "2008-11-13T07:34:45Z")
I did my Pro-E project in autocad 2004 3D… HUGE cheat. ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-idea-help-for-my-engineering-class-wtf/58065/12 "2008-11-13T07:49:14Z")
> [@ubengineering"](#): > > any ideas? yes. You’re going to school for engineering and being pushed to be creative and to test what you know about 3d modeling. These are the things you should be doing YOURSELF…as an aspiring engineer. collaberation is great…but something simple like that should be brainstormed by yourself or by other aspiring engineers who can look at your current design and incorporate the simplest idea with minimal change to your current design. Not as simple of a questions as… “how do i incorporate gears into my design (which we can’t see)” Think of common tri-folding lawn chairs for sun tanning…those have gears. ---
**Author:** ![Jim1234664](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim1234664/32/7438_2.png) [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-idea-help-for-my-engineering-class-wtf/58065/13 "2008-11-13T07:54:15Z")
you should create a “lets play a game” chair and sell the design to the makers of saw VI