Penny Hockey Fabrication Day 1

Today we began our penny hockey set fabrication. We have been given a week to complete the project, including building and documenting our progress. The requirements for our engineer notebooks are the same as requirements for Blogger posts.

My design brief consists of the following:

• Client Company: Toys R us

• Target Consumer: Ages 10 and up

• Designer: Katheryn Woo

• Problem Statement: Identifying a unique gift for each of my younger cousins is quite a difficult task.

• Design Statement: Individually design, test, and build a penny hockey set using standard measurements for playing surface to create a fun game for ages 10 and up. 

• Constraints: 

• Individual work must be produced and submitted

• Design using standard measurements for playing surface

• Additional materials must be submitted for teacher approval via annotated concept sketches

• One week time constraint 

Some research included pictures of penny hockey sets other people have created. Here are a couple that I've found. These versions of the project gave me a better idea of what my final product may turn out as. 

"Mike's Wood Toys By Design." Mike's Wood Toys By Design. Web. 01 Nov. 2014. 

"SolidWorks 2012 Penny Hockey Tutorials." Cudacountry. Web. 30 Oct. 2014. 

A few of the first materials given to us today were a 1' x 1' piece if a 1/2" MDF board and a 4' long 1" x 1-1/4" common board. I cut the 1' x 1' boards into 8.5 inch by 12 inch ones. A real hockey rink is 200' x 85', so I was able to calculate the dimensions of my own hockey set. When cutting with the table saw, I made sure to push the stock against the fence with my right hand, and guide the piece with my left hand, giving me a clean, straight cut. The photo on the bottom shows the board after I cut it. 

Table saw

8" x 12" MDF board

Here is a photo of the 4' long 1" x 1-1/4" common board and what it was originally cut from. This is what will be used for the border of the penny hockey rink.

 4' long 1" x 1-1/4" common board

For the next day, I am going to cut the rest of the materials I will need for the final product. If I am able to prepare all the materials at once, it will make it easier for me to put everything together.