The Tallhouse
This idea has been brought to life
This idea was brought to life by PTI!
Maker blog entries
We had a great time at the Little Inventors Celebration with Lily, her family, teachers, and all the other Little Inventors from Macomb County. There was so much creativity in each project, from the Inventor's sketches, prototypes and ideas to the Maker's brought to life versions!!
The Tallhouse is nearly complete! Steve is putting the final touches on the support box that holds the actuator & mechanisms for the house and we are ready for the big reveal later this week.
Lily and Steve had a Zoom meeting to review the progress of the Tallhouse as we are getting closer to the finish! They discussed the final construction, the storyboard that will be used to explain the Tallhouse and plans for finishing touches.
Designer Steve completed the infrastructure and mechanics of the Tallhouse and now it is time to place the house and accents, as well as the dome that Lily planned for.
The infrastructure to support the Tallhouse is taking shape. Steve created a box to support the house and hold the mechanics of it. Lily envisioned a dome cover the home so Steve found a dome & sent it out for polishing !
Our designer, Steve, is working on modeling the house for illustrations that will tell the story of Lily's inspiration and plans for her Tallhouse. We are also working on fabrication of the base that will support the model.
It's all starting to come together!
The design team decided the best way to feature the Tallhouse was to get a model kit home and design around it so that it would have a clean look and feel. Lily liked the house being blue so Steve custom painted the home.
Steve has been designing and printing support pieces for the Talllhouse infrastructure.
3D printing is a great way to quickly produce parts, although sometimes you don't quite realize the time it takes! These support pillars have been printing for 21 hours and as you can see by the photo there are going to be 1057 layers of material used!
After meeting with Lily, the design team set to work modeling parts for the mechanicals of the scale model of Lily's house. A housing has to be built to hold the actuator that will lift and lower The Tallhouse model. We're making progress!
PTI's design team selected Lily's idea and scheduled a Zoom call to learn more about Lily and what motivated her to design "The Tallhouse". We discussed overall design, some details to incorporate in the scale model, and also other ways "The Tallhouse" could be used in the future. Designs come to life with collaboration!