WEEK 9.1: ASSEMBLING THE MACHINE

The focus on the meet-up for today was to make sure that the tubing we have would be able to fit in the valves. An issue we ran into was that tube was indeed a bit too small. As a response, we simply applied scotch tape over the end of the tube until it would fit in well. Once the sizings were just right, we applied a primer to the tubing which would maximize the effectiveness of rubber cement (as seen in Figure 1). Unfortunately, this took multiple attempts as we would run into the issue where the tape would slide off of the tube or the rubber cement would would allow a few leaks here and there.

Figure 1: Close-up shot of the tubing bonded to the valve