Penny Hockey Fabrication Day 5

Today was the last day of our Penny Hockey fabrication. For me, the steps after laser engraving went very quickly. The first thing I did was use the drill press to make the goals. I used clamps to hold down the board as I pulled the drill downwards. 

Me using the drill press

Here is a picture of what my board looked like after I finished drilling the goals. They were both one inch away from the edge.

My penny hockey set after I drilled the goalies

The next thing I did was mark where my defenders would go. With a similar process to marking the goals, I based the defenders' positions off of research done earlier. Here is a mapping of where the marks went.

Penny hockey set after drilling holes and marking defender positions

After this, I was originally supposed to drill where I marked, but the line for the hand drill was too long. To save time, I decided to nail the border in place. Out of all the tools I got to use, the nail gun was the most difficult. It was hard to find a place on my piece where I could grip it tightly. I had to always make sure my hand was at least six inches away from the direction the gun was pointed in. A couple of times, I accidentally inserted the nail too high up, causing it to come through the top of the board. Fortunately, I was able to correct the mistake.

Me using a nail gun for borders

This next picture shows me drilling in the holes for the defenders. I had to make sure the drill stayed perpendicular to the surface I was drilling in, or the dowels wouldn't insert all the way later on. I kept the rule "righty tighty, lefty loosy" in my mind throughout the process. I needed to switch back and forth between right and left rotations in order to drill through the surface or to take the drill out.

Me using hand drill for defenders' holes

I inserted the dowel defenders last -- a fairly easy step. Below is my completed penny hockey project. I wanted to glue the border's outside with pennies, but unfortunately, time did not permit. Either way, my final product was successful.

My final penny hockey set

Lastly, here are some pictures of my engineering notebook. This is a picture of the first two pages, which include my design brief, research, materials list, and tools list.

Engineering notebook research

These pages include my concept sketches. There is an isometric view, top view, front view, and side view.

Engineering notebook concept sketches

The next three pages show my design process. They include pictures that I have inserted in previous blog posts.

Engineering notebook design process pictures

Engineering notebook design process pictures (cont.)

Overall, I had a great time taking part the penny hockey project. My favorite part of fabrication was using the laser engraver, while my least favorite was using the nail gun. I thought that this project was a clever way to give all students the change to use the tools we are provided with. I learned a lot about how to create something entirely new using raw materials, and this will greatly benefit me in future projects.