Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Day 8

Today was another day of revision. We fixed the pieces that didn’t get glued on properly. Michelle wanted to fix the crooked beams, so I helped her out with that. We finished our project, and we were satisfied. We experienced no problems today. Looking ahead to tomorrow I just hope our projects doesn’t crumble under the weights, which is really my biggest fear. Hopefully, our project makes it to 3.0 or further on the Richter scale.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Day 6

Today was a real simple day. After our start over yesterday, Michelle and  I started working on our bracing. We finished with a lot of time to spare, which was a good thing. After we finished, Mrs. Killean said if we were behind we should stay after for school. I couldn't stay after, but Michelle ended up staying. We didn't face many problems today, but looking ahead, I think we just have to use our wood wisely; we're running low


*Again, sorry for the late post... I forgot to upload it onto the blog.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Day 5

Today was not as good as yesterday. We had to start our project over because of the flimsy wood, so now we are really behind. We finished our ladders, so now we have to add the bracing tomorrow, and then we will be up to date. We rebuilt the "ladders" and JUST finished pinning just as the bell rang. Looking ahead, I really think that I should let Michelle handle putting the bracing on, because I am clumsy and keep braking the wood.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Day 4

Today was an easy day, and we were done with around 20 minutes to spare in the period. We glued our braces on today, when we were struck with a truth: we weren't connecting the wood on the sides, but with beams going across. At first, I was a little nervous, but Michelle said not to worry, and that it would be fine the way it is. I was relieved, but then another problem struck: when I kept trying to put the bracing on, the wood from under it would brake. It was getting really annoying, so when it happened the first time, I just taped the wood back together. The other few times I used the tip of a pin to spread glue around, which solved that issue. Other than my extreme clumsiness and a fact not realized, today went really well. We still have 56" of wood to go, so I am not worried at all. For the future, I know to be a little more careful when it comes to handling my wood.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Day 3

Today, Michelle and I started working on our structure itself. Our structure is coming along quite nicely as of this point. Our wood broke a lot more easily than we thought it would, which cause a little problem for me. My pieces broke a LOT, so I just had Michelle break the pieces of wood. After that, I realized I can just dig my nail into it, so our problem was solved rather quickly. The glue was becoming very strenuous. It would drop all overthe wax paper, the wood wouldn't stick to it, it was quite annoying. The puns are not putting up too much of a fight, but in the beginning we kept poking our selves with them (accidentally of course). By the end of the period, we had our first two frames completed, which was a relief. Looking into the future, we really need to use our wood wisely, because, as we discovered today, we don't have THAT much wood to use.

Day 2

Boy, was today strenuous! I missed out yesterday because I was sick, so Michelle and I really had to work today. We finished our sketch, and got it approved by Mrs. Killean. We went to work right away on our "final sketch", which was also strenuous. We had to edit a few points, which woesn't much work; we only had to fix some of our diagonal lines. After we finished or sketch, the bell chimed in. We got so much done during that one period. The only real problem that we faced was our sketch mistake, but that was easily solved. Looking ahead, we really should use our wood wisely. Our design though, calls for very little wood, which helps us out a lot.







*Sorry, I forgot to post the log over the weekend.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Day 1

Today, we got our partners for the Earthquake Project, and I was partnered with Michelle. We started to work automatically on our project, starting with the bracing. After a long decision, we agreed that we were going to try and use the least amount of wood possible. Therefore, we were either going to do a single "brace" across, so we have enough wood left over for our project. One problem that occurred whether we should do a single band across or a single band diagonal, but the decision was made that it should be a single band across, since the least amount of wood is being used. Looking forward to the future, I think that the actual building will be hard to build, but its nothing Michelle and I can't handle.