Impact term 3-4 2014

14/8/14
Term 3 week 4
Today at tech I was in metal work with Mr Chivers. Me, Sam, and Nico are making a basketball hoop. today we only did part of the design of the hoop on paper. Then after that we started making a box for some more skills.

28/8/14
Term 3 Week 5
Today at tech we only did some of the box that we are making. We had to cut the edges on the box and use the bending machine. But we did not get to start making the hoop.

11/9/14
Term 3 week 8
Today at tech I finished making the box that I was making. I had to spot weld all of the tabs together with the box and then I had to drill holes so we could screw the screws into the wood that we used for the handle and now my box is done.

18/9/14
Term 3 Week 9
Today at tech my group started to bend some metal for practice of making the real hoop, but it did not go very well because it started to turn into a spiral and the ends were not going end to end.

25/9/14
Term 3 Week 10
Today at tech we were bending the metal for the hoop but the ends of the metal that we are bending is not going end to end so we will have to fix that. We also tried to find some metal for the back part of the hoop that connects on to the backboard.

16/10/14
Term 4 Week 1
Today at tech we had to cut a little bit of the ends of the rim that we bended so the rim would be the same size of the the other one, but then the ends that were meant to join together were uneven when they touched each other so we had to cut a bit of one of the ends to make it even. After that Mr Chivers welded it for us so now we need to make the plate that connects the hoop to the backboard.

30/10/14
Term 4 Week 3
Today at tech we had to drill three holes on the metal plate then we bended it half way round. We had to do a lot of filing today and we finaly got to the best part when Mr chivers welded the metal plate to the rim and now it looks really good.

6/11/14
Term 4 Week 4
Today at tech we had to bend the metal rods that we use for reinforcement on the hoop but we bended it the wrong way then Mr chivers had to show us what to do so next week hopefully we get it welded on we probably will. It is getting really exciting and I think we might get it finished in about 2-3 weeks.