User:M'kay M'kay/myWork 2

Write problem/project Goal
What is your wording of the overall problem/project goal? The overall problem for project 2 is the same as project 1 because, my team is still working on the same problem. Which is to build a strandbeest. The team has made a tremendous progress during project 1 session. We now face more and difficult challenges for second part of the project.

My First Task
What are you going to do for the team this first weekend? The problem that struck me the most is, the connecting of part throughout the strandbeest. Looking at what the team has put together so far; the friction among the the wood parts is important to solve. I believe of we can’t get rid of the friction, it would be almost impossible to move the strandeest. So, I took on a challenge to find a way to connect the part with little to zero friction. For this week what I did was, took some small part and try to find some sort of bolt that can successfully connect the parts from my house. I came across couple of bolt that might work but, I figured it is very hard to get about 30 of those exact bolts to make the strandbeest. I will be looking for the bolts somewhere like home depot, Lowe’s or something to get this project going.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned? At this point, I have achieved my first task of finding a connecting piece for the strandbeest. So, I will be working on that. I worked at Race Pace bicycles during summer and I know they have very many different types of bolts, that can potentially work.

Week1 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend. I was just planning to go the shop and dig for the bolts on the back but, my manager didn’t really want me to do that, and suggested I look this book full of bolts (catalog). The catalog helped to extent, but I did decided to which bolt I should get because it was hard to see the bolt will work with the parts. So, I decided to drop that Idea and look for bolts somewhere else.

My Second Task
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the second weekend. For the second week I am gone keep working on figuring out the best way to put the strandbeest together by avoiding friction. The plan at this point is to find a nice and smooth bolt that can let the wood parts spin without much friction throughout the strandbees

Summary of actual work over second weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

I was planing to put together another part of leg assemble but, during our presentation last week some one suggested using riveter to connect the parts. The idea was great and I will look into that little deeper.

Week2 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend. I did not have much knowledge of a riveter. So, my first task was to look into it and see how it can apply to the sitiuation here. The first thing I did was go to youtube.com and see how it work ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZuRUcJhpaw&feature=related ). It looks like it will work with the strandbeest. My next step was to go to hardwear store and try to get one. I went home depot and found ones that are very expensive and was told to look online for cheaper ones. From homedepot webisite I found (http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=100654907&storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=100654907&cm_mmc=shopping-_-googlebase-_-D25X-_-100654907 ). Which seems like it is reasonably priced. The part had been ordered last week and I and waiting for it now.I believe it is going to work fine and solve the problem that the team is facing.

My Third task
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the third weekend. Couple of days ago, I was able to find more bolts that work well with the strandbeest. My third task is to put a leg assembly of the strandbeest with working bolts that I found. I worked on it a little bit yesterday and the day before. It seems to me it is going to work but, I am kind of questioning the strength and stability of the standbeest. Every part is spinning without much friction but, I feel like if we let it stand by itself it might not spin due to the weight that is applied.

Summary of actual work over third weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

Week3 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

My Fourth task
''Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the final weekend of project work. ''

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

Week4 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

Complete Team Page
Fill out the Team Form (should have already copied the form, created the team page, linked to it and started filling it out).