Adjustable Portable Makeup Chair

Author(s) Information

Christina Elizabeth Totorica, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoFollow
Cristian Garcia, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoFollow
Erik Javier Mote, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoFollow
Edgar Salvador Sanchez, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoFollow

College - Author 1

College of Engineering

Department - Author 1

Mechanical Engineering Department

Degree Name - Author 1

BS in Mechanical Engineering

College - Author 2

College of Engineering

Department - Author 2

Mechanical Engineering Department

Degree - Author 2

BS in Mechanical Engineering

College - Author 3

College of Engineering

Department - Author 3

Mechanical Engineering Department

Degree - Author 3

BS in Mechanical Engineering

College - Author 4

College of Engineering

Department - Author 4

Mechanical Engineering Department

Degree - Author 4

BS in Mechanical Engineering

Date

6-2023

Primary Advisor

Ramanan Sritharan, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department

Abstract/Summary

This Final Design Report (FDR) presents the development and evaluation of our adjustable portable makeup chair that is designed to meet the specific needs of makeup artists. To remedy the lack of height adjusting and compact makeup chairs in the market currently, our senior design project planned on creating a height adjusting and portable makeup chair that will be suitable for makeup artists of different heights and is easily transported from one location to another, ideally in the makeup artists car backseat. After finalizing our design, through CAD (SolidWorks), dimensions, equipment and materials which were needed to create our chair, we ordered our materials through different vendors and started building in the machine shops available to us. We used various manufacturing processes such as metal saw cutting, welding, hydraulic tube bending, and 3D printing. The main gas spring we were planning on using to be the main mechanism to activate the height adjusting feature of the chair as well as make it compact was unavailable due to time and manufacturing constraints, so a 3D printed telescoping cylinder was used. Some tolerancing issues also arose when it came time to build the chair. These issues while creating obstacles led us to refine our design and learn from them in order to improve the manufacturing and building of the chair for future production. There was also some instability in the chair that might cause it to tip over and this observation was important to us to make some recommendations or let our sponsor know this might be an aspect that needs refining as well to make a more stable chair. After manufacturing we finished our prototype that showed the functionality of the chair and that it would be compact. Again, without the spring we could not lock the chair at various heights, but our prototype showed it could be compact and ideally it would be suitable to be height adjusted if a proper mechanism could be locked at a certain height.

URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/mesp/707