Explain the work you did this week and what you expect as the outcome.
This week our main focus was on fixing the tong’s “wobbling” problem.
To solve this problem, we thought about making “plywood ABS”, which is gluing an ABS piece to another, to increase the stability of the tong.
We were expecting the stability of the tong could increase, the fact is it did increase, however, other problems were waiting to be solved. For example, the glue we had was not the best, the pieces may drop out.
We thought about screwing them together, but from the aesthetic perspective we didn’t do that, and we ended up using the glue. We actually thought about having a rubber material on the tong, from one perspective it can increase the fraction value, from the other perspective it also can make the pieces stay to each other. Unfortunately, the rubber spray we brought didn’t work, so we got rid of it. We ended up using the glue.
Meanwhile, as I mentioned about increasing the friction value, I also tried cutting many small slits along the tip, to increase the friction. The community said the idea was good, but we thought it would be hard to make it look nice while it also does its job.
What are the next steps you will take to finish it properly?
- we are going to make more ABS board for the last tasting period.
- try different sizes of the board, see which size gives the best outcome.
- Try the “Plywood ABS”.
What will you do if this doesn’t work? What’s your plan B?
- if it doesn’t work, if it still doesn’t solve the wobbling issue, we will need to increase the width of the piece, to make the piece stronger and not so flexible, even though it might be wobbling.
What is going to be your contributions to the team in the next few days until the final presentations?
After we solve the wobbling problem(hopefully we will) as a team, I will be making the video for the presentation, setting up and decorating the show board for exhibiting each prototype model we made.
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