User:Aqazi1411/rubberbandgun

Write problem/project Goal
Improve the design of the rubberband gun.

My First Task
Try to find a way to stabilize the wobbly parts on the gun and attach the motor that will drive it.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
I found the problem of the wobbly parts to be that the hole in the wooden rod that is inside the rope pulling mechanism to be not even and straight. That causes the entire gun to wobble and jerk back and forth. That is what we need to fix up.

Week1 Narrative
Need to try to fix the hole issue within the rope pulling mechanism.

My Second Task
I am going to try to find a solution to the problem that lies within the wooden pegs in the back of the gun. They are too uneven and inconsistent which causes a problem when loading up the gun.

Summary of actual work over second weekend
I looked at different ways in which we can either improve or replace the wooden pegs that hold the rubber bands at the back of the gun.

Week2 Narrative
- Researched ways in which we can improve or replace the pegs in the back of the rubber band gun

- Going to research methods I can use to replace the smaller wooden barrel on the drive shaft part of the gun. The wooden barrel we had on the gun before didn't have the hole straight through the barrel which caused the gun to jerk back and forth.The second one that we created drastically reduced the error in which the hole wasn't drilled straight through the barrel but the error still remained in a small way. If we can find a way to replace the wooden barrel with a metal piece rod and use the metal inner pieces of skate board wheels to help spin the rod then it'll most likely fix it. I am researching how to attempt this in the best manor.

I watched the following videos showing how certain things are made, function, and what their uses are:

How Ball Bearings Are Made:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGyoMuE4gDQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONz6S48QgEk

How ball bearings work animation on PBS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RihQOUNsN9c

How ball bearings affect skateboard wheels:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPVBRc4-nTQ

My Third task
Work on getting the ball bearings out of the skate board wheels and to make it function as the drive shaft for the rubber band machine gun

Summary of actual work over third weekend
We tried to fix the motor pulley/drive shaft of the rubber band machine gun

Week3 Narrative
We attempted to use ball bearings to make the drive shaft more efficient and work and also tried to remove the wooden barrel piece as a whole and instead use a metal rod.

I took some pictures of some of the parts that we were attempting to use for the rubber band gun project:

My Fourth task
Documentation of what we have done and work on the team page as well. I will also research some methods we can use to attach the skateboard wheels to the rubber band machine gun.

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
I planned to do research on how the different parts of a drill press work and research in general to help the project progress and that is exactly what I did.

Week4 Narrative
- I did research on how different parts of a drill press work

- Did research on how the different parts of a drill press are implemented

- Learned how drill bits are made

- I also made a picture walk through/guide of the different types of drill bits that are available and can be used for different projects. Some of these drill bits have a large variety of jobs that they can tackle while some are designed specifically for only a couple or even only one purpose.

Here is the picture guide to drill bits:

'''Each row contains a set of pictures. Every new row has a different type of drill bit and the same drill bit remains only within the row that it is in'''

Complete Team Page
Rubber Band Machine Gun Team Page