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Thursday, 18 May 2017

9Tech-Balacing Toy Timeline

I am going to make a balancing toy for my Dad. This is the process I did when making my balancing toy( In order of time I did it in over a period of 12 weeks so far):

Week 1 Health & Safety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPPciVYVLIQ
Week 2 Health & Safety

Week 3: Starting up my project I began by cutting my balance to the scale required by using a hack saw. The size I cut it into was 80cm by 50cm by 5cm.
Week 4: After doing this I began cleaning up my work with a file and sand paper then used some engineers blue to cut my balance straight.
Week 5: Once I finished cutting up my balance I moved onto planning what design my balance would look like.
Week 6: I then glued on the design onto the actual balance then cut it with the band saw. Once I finished cutting it out I filed the sharp edges down then started my base.
Week 7: I cut out the base in the size of 100cm by 20cm by 5cm. Once I finished the cutting I cleaned it up by using a file and sandpaper to make it shiny.
Week 8: Next I drilled in 4 holes in my base to show where the screws and the two metal poles would go in. The next day we had a lesson on planning what our wire designs would look like and I made 3 scale designs on what I think I will be doing for the final product.
Week 9: Later I began cutting the small bar that was required to put on the balance for it to actually balance! When that was finished I cut out the rods and got ready to weld both of the parts, my balance and base.
Week 10: http://baltoy.blogspot.co.nz/2017/05/welding-for-first-time.html  Welding went really well and I did not make any major mistakes while doing it, It was also quite fun melting the brazing rod into the metal as it looked all gooey!
Week 11: I filed down the weld marks and cleaned it up to make it look less lumpy
Week 12: I planned how my wire would work out and learned how to spray paint and how to cut the wood in the woodwork shop.
Week 13: Currently here I am starting to make my wire design and I think I only need about 4-6 lessons to finish my product.

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