Connor
I worked on the physical aspects of this project and worked with the actual forge itself mostly.
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Lleyton
I'm the big brain behind this idea, also I am in charge of public speaking and writing for the group.
Andy
I'm here to draw stuff for these guys. I've worked on the technical sketches and design aspect of this project
Jordan
I worked mostly on the research of this project, and documenting the steps we took.
Progression of our Forge
Technical Sketch
Technical Sketch
Current
Current
Planning to make
Planning to make
Information
Collaborations
Collaborations
•Teachers - talk to teachers that can help you in your project (this includes Dr. Butler) - Write a blurb about your conversation with that teacher in your IP journal.
•Feedback Peers - get feedback or help from other students. List the students and what feedback/help they gave you in your IP journal.
•Collaborating Peers - you may be working closely with someone. Document what roles each of you are doing in your collaborating project.
•Parents - parents can give great feedback and are often experts themselves.
1: Experts
We have been in contact a few times directly with people associated to the Lamberton Hot Iron days this year and have watched iron pouring and molding take place.
2: Equipment
All our equipment is bought and made by our group.
3: Teacher
We have spoken to Mrs. Bateman Ek. About the artistic side of our design process. As well as asked and found no useful information from other science or art teachers.
4: Peers
Our group has collectively shared information and has learned new skills and processes to complete our project.
5: Parents
By supervising and helping with the monitoring of our project we have collaborated with our parents.
Questions
Questions
•Title – Melting Point, using a foundry to create custom metal works.
•Problem statement - Is there a way to sustain a flow of metal works out of a foundry using scrap aluminum and a custom foundry
•Description of an engineering solution / or scientific experiment design – The solution we have picked is to use both a charcoal and propane foundry to fuel our supply.
•Class Time - 4hrs 30 min
•Outside - 9 hrs.
History of Forging
History of Forging
The art of the forging techniques dates to at least 4000 BC and earlier.
Bronze and iron went through the forging process by the early man to produce hand tools, weapons of war, and jewelry. The very first recorded metal forged by fire and employed by humans was Gold. In order to shape the metal, a rudely constructed kiln and forge were used.
Throughout the ages there have been many different improvement to forging techniques. These have included such things as electric and propane forges. They all operate on the same basic principal however. That to work with a metal or create an object, it must first be heated to the extremes of the objects durability.
Real Life Applications
Real Life Applications
There are some major implications if normal or ordinary people were to look at this hobby of ours as a real project
Many of the materials we used to create the forge were recycled.
As well as the ingredients we put into the forge to get our motel materials.
After this we did have to buy some materials that were not recyclable, meaning that this process was not 100% recyclable.
The main goal was to create new ways and methods of making jewelry and crafts with recycled cans and aluminum scraps we could find. We succeeded in creating molten aluminum and creating our own casts. However we did not have enough time to get the desired results. But the overall process was easy enough for most people to be able to recreate this experiment
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