How to make a Balancing toy
Base
Materials:
Drill, Scribe ,ruler , center punch , counter sink, steel 100 mm- 20 mm- 5 mm, Hack saw for metal, File, Sand paper, Engineers Blue, Brazing rod, welding tool, square and steel rods 80 mm- 6 mm long
Steps for your Base:
Get your Steel bar and cut it to 100 mm long, it should be 5 mm thick and 20 mm wide.
Once you have cut it you have to file it so that the engineers blue will stick to it.
File it and sand it so that it is even and slightly mirrored (use a square to test this.)
Now put 5 drops of engineers blue on one side of your work and spread evenly then let dry. (this will help mark our your work.)
To mark your holes go in 10 mm from the end, both sides and in the middle.
Join all these together and you should have a straight line running straight through your piece of steel. Now 10 mm in from both ends mark one hole. (on each end, this will be the holes to drill your work to a piece of wood at the end.) Now mark another 10 mm from the dots you just created (they will be 20 mm in from the end.)
Now to double check your work re-measure them and re-center if you need to.You now need to drill all your your on all 4 holes. Now go to a counter sink your work on one side counter-sink the two outer sides and on the other side do the two inner ones. Now clean up your work and get two steel rods 80 mm long 6 mm wide.Then these are going to be welded into the middles holes with the countersink facing up with the holes coming out the bottom so the poles have the counter sinked side where the welding can go. Now you need to weld your work. once welded clean it up and you have completed the base!
Steps for the Balance:
Steps for your Base:
Get your Steel bar and cut it to 100 mm long, it should be 5 mm thick and 20 mm wide.
Once you have cut it you have to file it so that the engineers blue will stick to it.
File it and sand it so that it is even and slightly mirrored (use a square to test this.)
Now put 5 drops of engineers blue on one side of your work and spread evenly then let dry. (this will help mark our your work.)
To mark your holes go in 10 mm from the end, both sides and in the middle.
Join all these together and you should have a straight line running straight through your piece of steel. Now 10 mm in from both ends mark one hole. (on each end, this will be the holes to drill your work to a piece of wood at the end.) Now mark another 10 mm from the dots you just created (they will be 20 mm in from the end.)
Now to double check your work re-measure them and re-center if you need to.You now need to drill all your your on all 4 holes. Now go to a counter sink your work on one side counter-sink the two outer sides and on the other side do the two inner ones. Now clean up your work and get two steel rods 80 mm long 6 mm wide.Then these are going to be welded into the middles holes with the countersink facing up with the holes coming out the bottom so the poles have the counter sinked side where the welding can go. Now you need to weld your work. once welded clean it up and you have completed the base!Steps for the Balance:
I can see that you really tried to finish and get a huge impact out of your work but, your group didn't workout. It's good that you gave some work in your blog.
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