8P8 - rope maker

Using knuts, bolts, lock washers, washers, yarn, thread, a mason jar lid, and a wrench, I created a rope braider. I made it because I wanted to find an easy way to make braclets quicky. So we made a machine that can help make braclets quickly and easily. .

During this process, I learned how to use materials like knuts and bots can be used in many different way to create things that serve different functions. Before this project I realised that that those things can be versatile tools but throughout this project I learned how they don't just hold things together but they also allow or prevent things from moving in specific ways. In this project I saw how the washers, knuts, and bolts really were the base of the main mechanism that made the thing work.

The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to Innovative Designer. The project ties to this because we created a machine to make things from scratch .

A challenge I overcame on this project was the movement .of the cord maker not working like we expected. We were planning on using a vise grip to make the machine spin but we realised that was ineffective. We were able to solve it by trying different things and we eventually found out that spinning the lid itself made the thing work a lot better.

Given a chance to do this again, I would change the way the strings connect to the rope maker. The reason why I would change it is because it is kind of hard to disconnect the strings without messing stuff up. I think that using some kind of hooks instead of just nails it would fix the problem.

Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, Marketing. My project connects to the Engineering Design CTE program at Hastings High School. My project connects to careers in engineering and mechanics.