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Friday, 17 April 2015

Tech 6 - Successes and Failures

Please share with us your successes and failures with your project thus far in the lab

Marcus and I have had many successes and failures.

Successes
  • We came up with a good idea and plan
  • We made lots of progress so far
    • We're about one fourth of the way there
Failures
  • Our original plan had to be changed
    • The original plan required a spring but the lab didn't have one so Mr Diebley showed us how we could use rubber bands instead
  • We made lots of drilling mistakes 
    • So there are lots of random holes in our project

What have you learned about yourself so far in the building process in the lab?
I learned how I actually can use machines like the sanding machine and the drill. I never knew that I could use these machines because I never needed to and got to.

Do you feel you have enough resources available to you in the lab to build your project?
Yes and no. Yes because we have enough resources for our revised plan (rubber bands instead of a spring) and no because we didn't have enough resources to build our original plan (where we use a spring to launch the ping pong).


Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Tech 6 - Project/Sketches

What is it that you plan to make?
I am planning to make a ping pong ball launcher with Marcus.

How did you come up with the idea for your project?
I wanted to make something related to sports because I like sports. My original idea was to make a basketball launcher because I'm into basketball but it would be too big. So I thought of a smaller version of that which is a ping pong launcher.

Is it an original idea or a modification of something you have seen on DIY site or other?
First, I looked at DIY, but I couldn't find anything interesting so I just thought of something to make.