31/08/18 impact project reflection/plan for the day

Plans for the day:
Today we are going to attach the claw to the arm.
Mr Venter is going to show us how to add another nut to
the arm and show us how we can lock them together so
they won’t loosen. We need to finish all the construction
today so we can focus on the hydraulics (syringes) on
the weekend. If we don’t finish the construction today
we will finish it at home so we have a chance of finishing the arm.

Reflection:
Today we drilled a hole in the spacer we made last week and attached it to the arm. We also broke the first triangle by drilling a hole too wide. We had to cut out a new triangle and then we spent some time measuring the claw so we could drill the claws and attach it to the triangle. We downloaded some photos and described what was happening in the Real arm building process. We are going to fill the syringes with food coloring and attach them to the syringe pipes at home. And if we do not get the claw attached to the arm we we will do that and start the control panel at home as well.  Next week we want to Finish the control panel and start attaching the syringes to it Next week we are also going to start planning what we are going to to for the presentation and add a spacer in between the two claw pieces.

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24/08/18 Impact Project Reflection

24/08/2018 - Impact Project Reflection

Today we cut the two claw pieces and sanded them so they were the same size. We found out that the triangle we cut a while ago for the two claw pieces was too small, so we made it bigger and made sure that the claw pieces would fit. We cut a small spacer for the upper arm so that we could attach the triangle with screws. We used the sanding belt so it was round like the lower arm and we used sandpaper to sand the final touches. Next week we need to screw the spacer and triangle onto the arm and figure out how we are going to attach the claw pieces. We also need to start working with the syringes again so we can perfect them when we put them on the arm. We need to make sure we put it on correctly and fill it correctly.

From what we have done so far, we have found that we need to take our time and really think about what we are doing. The hydraulic arm is quite technical, and it would only take a small mistake to ruin it. For this reason, we will really take our time with the technical parts of it, and make sure we get everything right. We will always double-check our measurements, and constantly test to see how it works throughout the process.