Constraining the Monster

Constraints 

It would be easy to allow for the constraints of the project to greatly influence how I go about designing the work. This being my first real solo project, I wanted to stay as true to the initial design as possible. This will make the entire course more difficult, but I think the final product will be worth the extra effort.

Time

In a perfect world I would have all the time I needed to make this buffalo work, this being a 3 week maymester course  I do not. I need to have the CAD drawings done by the end of today to allow for the rest of the course spent on manufacturing. To help minimize manufacturing design, I will use prefabricated parts like oil drums and tanks instead of building pieces from scratch. This is going to help the overall design by being made of recycle material. 

Manufacturing

I don't have access to the machine shop all the time so I will have to design the cuts and manufacturing of the parts to greatly take advantage of the time I do have in there. 

Material/Cost

It is obvious by now that being a college student I don't have access to a lot of funds to back this project. While I wanted to try and buy parts from the hardware store, I can't  afford the price tag. I am going to have to go with recycled material as stated before which I think incorporates an influence from Boulder's environmental aspect. 

Safety

My buffalo will allow for people to hop on and make him move, one of the greatest constraints I will have to work around will be making this buffalo safe. After cutting and having all the pieces ready, I must go through every piece and make sure it won't cut or hurt anyone.