Paper Doll Method Demonstrated: Easy Control Enclosure Layout

So we’re building this new spectacular coaster Tilley’s Terror and the controls will be expensive. We want to layout our control box without wasting material, so how do we do that.
Quite simple, we use the paper doll method.
For those of you under 40, paper dolls were a kids toy where a cardboard cutout of a”semi-naked” (usually) female came with clothes that you could dress her up in. The clothes were made of paper and you could try on different outfits…..
Engineers use this method to layout things. If we were designing a new shop, we would have every machine have a scaled representation of it that could be place on a scale map of the facility.
You would then work with others to ensure that you had enough space around each machine and that the part flow from machine to machine was straightforward.
You would rearrange these until you liked the design and then implemented the solution.

We’ll we are going to do that for our controls box. However, instead of paper, we are using the actual components where possible. Let’s see how this process is done.

Join this channel to get access to perks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8G89qtU0HMpKCuXUr1hvWQ/join

Want to Build Your Own Backyard Coaster

Sign Up For Our *FREE* Coaster Newsletter

We respect your email privacy

Corey Rasmussen

Corey Rasmussen is an award-winning professional engineer (NC and TX) with over 20 years of product design and development experience. He has two patents related to aerial lifts machinery, has advanced certifications in hydraulics and electronic controls, and specializes in designing mobile equipment. Corey is the principal engineer of Rasmussen Designs and is based out of Durham, NC.

Recent Posts

Save 20% Off Most Items! Use Code: 20%OFF
Save 20% Off Most Items! Use Code: 20%OFF
Shop Now