Hello. This is my first post here, and I was wondering if some of the members here could help me out with a project I am doing for my 9th grade physics class. It is called a Rube Goldberg, which is really a complicated machine that completes a simple task, or in my circumstance, making lemonade. Of course, one of the steps is squishing a lemon half to make juice come out. I can't figure out a simple and cheap way to do this. I am not that knowlegable in pneumatic and hydraulic actuators and things of that sort, so any ideas would be helpful.
Also, I have to be able to slice a lemon in half. What I think I might do is attach a sharp blade to a rat trap (yup, sounds dangerous huh?), and have it be activated by a small car actuator pulling on the trap release. Please give me some suggestions and ideas. Thank you very much!
Also, I have to be able to slice a lemon in half. What I think I might do is attach a sharp blade to a rat trap (yup, sounds dangerous huh?), and have it be activated by a small car actuator pulling on the trap release. Please give me some suggestions and ideas. Thank you very much!