Chamberlin Mill Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of a historic circular sawmill in Woodstock, CT. Their mission is to sustain this site for the benefit of current and future generations of a largely forgotten industrial background of New England. This preservation and sustainment consist of both physical efforts to restore the circular saw and the documentation of its function in a virtual format. As part of the effort to virtually document the saw’s function, ME13 will be responsible for both completing the CAD model of the circular saw and creating a working animation. This includes creating parts that will be incorporated into a model that was started by a previous school effort. Adjusting these parts to accurately match the scale of the previous model, documenting any previous measurement inaccuracies, and animating all moving components will be within the scope of the CAD aspect of the project. A mechanical analysis of the saw mechanism will be performed to deduce the forces involved on the gear mechanism. This process will be mostly analytical and will involve the use of skills learned from previous courses from the Mechanical Engineering curriculum such as Design of Machine Elements.

Our team collaborated with Management & Engineering for Manufacturing 3 on this project.