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XYZen Garden
by JON-A-TRON on February 5, 2015
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XYZen Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Step 1: Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Step 3: Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Step 4: Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
File Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
File Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Step 6: Make the Trolleys and the Stylus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Step 7: Make the Pulleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Step 8: Cut and Bore the Dowels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Step 9: Assemble and Attach the Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Step 10: Attach the Axle Caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Step 11: Assemble the Gantry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Step 12: Add All the Shafts and Pulleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Step 13: Thread the Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Step 14: Pour in Some Sand and Test it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Step 15: Zen Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Step 1: Concept
When I was a kid, I asked my dad what he wanted for Christmas when he was little. He told me he wanted an Etch-A-Sketch, but he never got one because they didn't
have any money. So for Christmas last year, I decided to make him one, sort of. My dad's also a martial artist and is generally fascinated by Japanese culture, so I knew
he would like it.
This instructable details the build for draft 2 of this design (the one I made for my dad is on his desk in Louisiana).
The concept of a zen garden where a simple mechanism is the mediator between the person and the sand drawing fascinates me for a number of reasons. Zen priests
use the act of raking sand (or gravel) as a form of meditation through concentration, connecting them to nature through creating an abstract representation of it (waves
and currents around rocks).
Anyone who's ever used an Etch-A-Sketch knows that it takes a lot of concentration, even a "flow" state to make a picture, and the mechanical translation from human
movement to lines and curves on the screen brings technology into the equation. Like that protagonist in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, I believe that an
authentic experience of the world must include an intimate understanding and appreciation of technology.
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Step 3: Research
To get started, I had to figure out how the pulleys on an Etch-A-Sketch worked. On the Etch-A-Sketch Wikipedia article, I found a great diagram explaining how the gantry
system works with pulleys on the inside of the toy (picture 1 in this step). For simplicity's sake, the toy is designed so that the pulleys for the X and Y axis are placed
separately. This is fine for the toy since all the pulleys are hidden, but since exposing the mechanics is an important part of the concept, I wanted to come up with a
cleaner design.
Through sketching, I figured I could use a single shaft and stack multiple pulleys on it (picture 2 in this step). In doing so, I could separate the X and Y gantries and allow
the cables to pass over each other.
The other feature I borrowed from the original Etch-A-Sketch was the separation of the driver pulleys from the gantry pulleys. I could have saved myself some work and
just added a crank to the first pulley in the system, but I wanted to keep the cranks out of the way of the drawing area (picture 3 in this step).
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Image Notes
1. Etch-A-Sketch Diagram from Wikipedia
2. Etch-A-Sketch Diagram from Wikipedia
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Step 4: Design
To get started, I had to figure out how the pulleys on an Etch-A-Sketch worked. On the Etch-A-Sketch Wikipedia article, I found a great diagram explaining how the gantry
system works with pulleys on the inside of the toy. For simplicity's sake, the toy is designed so that the pulleys for the X and Y axis are placed separately. This is fine for
the toy since all the pulleys are hidden, but since exposing the mechanics is an important part of the concept, I wanted to come up with a cleaner design.
The .f3d file in this step is the fusion 360 model. You're welcome to download it tool around with it as you wish, but remember this instructable has a share-alike license. If
you make one and try to sell it I'm coming after you!
Image Notes
1. My pulley diagram
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Thanks man!
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This is pure badassmanship!
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