

Prototyping 3 More Chairs, New Ratchets and Problems Solved
Last week we discussed our learning from our co-design with Todd, since then we have made some orders and revamped the design. Firstly we Bought 5 new Coleman Rambler IIs. Still our fav. We tried out the same method of hose clamping extra bars to the top. Unfortunately the same twisting happened with the new chair. However having the bar attached provided another option, we tried attaching the ratchet to the side of the chair bracing it against the added bar. This throws it t


Second Visit!
Today T came to check out our first prototypes and co design with us. We rolled around and asked some questions and this is what we learned. Time commitment and cost? Less that 50 dollars and less than an hour to build! (The start of our requirements table which will be added too and you can find here ) Manufacturing? "If I really feel I can trust what I make[...] if I can feel like I can have something to do with providing for my own independence, that would be great." "If


Prototyping 2 Steel Chairs and Moving the Ratchet
Based on last weeks learning we needed more chairs to play with, we also wanted to try some steel chairs to see if they hold up much better than the Aluminum. This is what we bought: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WUEAAO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00339911O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WUG52U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Like last week Ill talk about each item we purchased t


Prototyping Session #1
Last week we left of with the order of materials for our favored Up Chair Strategy! You can find everything we ordered right here- www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0039XSRTG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NF1K1QO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DO2ZY4M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00339911O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s03?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Our first order of chairs