Week 9/22 - 9/26

On Monday, I spent most of the time doing a task for Mr. L. He wanted me to enter his answers into the pre-test again to make sure he had all the correct answers and could use it to help other students. I had started it before lunch, but because the pre-test resets when the computers go to sleep, I had to restart after gym. This took me till the end of the day, and I was only able to brainstorm ideas for the final challenge in the course.

For Tuesday and Wednesday, I was not in school because of the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah.

For Thursday, it was finally time for me to complete the final challenge in the course. This involved designing a slide for two pre-assigned grippers that could slide 108mm away from each other. Only one was supposed to move while the other one stayed in a locked position. This took about the first two periods of class. After that, we had to create a drawing of the design, which was fairly easy.

Underside View

Top View

Drawing of the Design

For the rest of the week, I decided I was going to design one of these spiral cone things, sometimes called impossible cones. I thought it would be an interesting project that would have me use tools in Fusion that I don't normally use.

Impossible Cone