Ferret Friends!
Event Location: Cocoa-FL
Competition: Critter Comfort Cottage
Division: 6-8
School: Pine Crest School
Team Size: 2
Pine Crest Engineering
Made by: Ronen E. (Grade 7) & Brock C. (Grade 7)
This Critter Comfort Cottage was developed for Ferrets.
we sawed to increase the stability of the cottage.
In terms of human help, we received help from Mr. Swanson in parts of the building process. For software, we used Adobe Illustrator to design our Critter Comfort Cottage, as well as Boxmaker.com to create the dimensions of the cottage. To bring those dimensions to life, we used a laser cutter to cut the wood into the necessary dimensions. Then, we got to glueing, using Gorilla Wood Glue to glue our wood pieces together, and used tape to keep the wood adhered to each other while we were away. We used clamps to keep the wood to the table. We also sawed pieces of wood to support the walls and floors for further reinforcement. Finally, we spray painted our cottage white.
Parts List
- Lumber for walls and reinforcements
- 4 80mm 12v fans
- 1 small electric blanket
- Solar panel (recycled from an old safety box on campus)
- Charge controller (updated from the recycled one)
- 4-relay board
- Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller (programmed in python)
- 2 temperature sensors
- 12v lights
- wire and connectors
- water bottle
- hinges
- plexiglass for front
- venting hose
WOW! Those diagrams/drawings were top-notch. The fact that you used a raspberry pi, boxmaker, and adobe illustrator shows that you took your time on this project. Great job!