Painting and such

Two weeks ago, Jon and Dan went to Home Depot to get some door hinges for the front side of the cross. Unfortunately I was unable to accompany them because I was working with the video with Ahn Khao. But when Dan and Jon attached the latches to the cross they found out that the latches cause the panels to shift upwards causing the panels to not fit properly the way we wanted to, so Jon and Dan decided to shave off parts of the panel to make the latch fit with the cross.
(installing magnetic cabinet door thingys hoping it would give us a clean opening effects to our cross.)

(taking apart parts of the cross so we are able to fix the latch prob)


The past week the cross team have been discussing how to install electronics onto the cross drawing out measurements making sure we have enough room on the cross to fit everything we wanted and to make sure it wasnt too heavy.



Last Thursday the Cross Team received permission to use the spraybooth in the workshop. So we were able to begin put a coat of primer and a layer of red on the panels. Unfortunately we were unable to finish spray paint the cross due to time constraints, the workshop closed at 5 pm that day. So hopefully we will be able to get the spraybooth again!

Second to Last stage of finish building the cross

soo our cross team was recently entered into the semi finals for the red cross and had to present to the red cross committee on Monday in Palo Alto. Only to find out a day later that we got accepted into the finals and our work will be show case into the fashion show? (to my understanding) so now we have to finish up installing the electronics and makes some reenforcements on the cross to make sure it is stable and sturdy. Not to mention painting the cross the colour red. I have taken some photos and will be posting them up shortly.....

Building and such

So this past week our team have been strategically planning on how the cross is to be built. The first thing we did was figuring out how big we wanted the cross to be and marking the measurements out on the panels.

the photos: March 22,2010

(our materials)

(jon drawing out measurements)

(Dan calculating the correct measurements)

(Dan and Jon figuring out how things will work)

Note: I did help out drawing out the measurements

TUESDAY March 23, 2010

During class the entire group gathered to figure out everyone's schedule so that we can find time to all work together. After a long brainstorming session we finally start working on building the product, which makes me feel more productive and having the feeling of finally getting things moving along and done.

(jon working the bansaw)



(cut panels)

(scraps)

Wednesday March 24, 2010

Dan, Jon and I met up in the morning to try to put the panels together, and found out that the boards could not properly fit. But it is easily fix with abit of sanding and dremelling.





Thanks to Anhkoa we now have a video of what we have been up to...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z59dCdZzSA

Adventure part 2: back to home depot....lowes?

Yesterday my teammates and I went to home depot to take a look at the materials together and semi- brainstormed on how we would put together the cross. Nothing is set, only that we are going forward with masonite panel instead of acrylic. But on Tuesday when we went to Home Depot there was a miscommunication on which Home Depot to go to and Dan was unable to meet up with the rest of the teammate (jon, jen, rickey) so we all decided to fill him in on the plans on wednesday.

WEDNESDAY

Dan, jon and I discussed what materials to use and debated on whether or not to try to go to lowes to see if they were cheaper in terms of price. We found out that Lowes do not charge for the first two cuts and every cut after that is 25 cents, if we were to buy the masonite board from them (but they didnt not carry masonite panels). Jon called Lowes to ask them if they carried masonite panels, but they were unsure of what kind of materials that we were referring to. So assuming that it was a hardware store and since Home Depot carried it, we thought that there is no reason why Lowes wouldnt carry it too, but they didnt. Then we decided to go to Home Depot Thursday to get the panels and possibly fasteners or nails or whatever we need to hold the panels together.

Art 106 Advanced Group: Red Cross Project

The advanced group of 106 have been working on the Red Cross project and decided on dividing into groups. The group that I was placed in was with the production and construction of the cross for the outfit. For the previous week on Thursday my group members (Dan, Jon and Rickey) and also the other group was able to make a trip down to taps plastic to figure out how to work with the acrylic. Afterwards my group members talked it over and made a plan B in case the ideal materials were too expensive. We talked about possibly using Masonite material and talked about what kind of material to use to put the outfit together. So I have volunteered myself to head to Home Depot to look at materials and take pics of materials we need and price check to budget our spending and report back to the group on what my findings.