week 10 term 3

this week was really bad because we had a reliever who made us to do oragamy. i would rather do practical. i have not done much practical work lately. i do need to catch up on making up some top brackets for my base of the light. once i have done that, i need to cut some acrylic and bend it into a circle for the light to come out.

week 9 term 3

This week has been an exiting week as i have got back into doing my dtm work. i have cut of the tabs off the bottom of the base as i have chosen to use rivits and brackets to hold the bottom of the base in. i have made up 4 brackets out of aluminium and these are going to be riveted onto my cylinder. i have also cut my cylinderin half so it is not as high. The light is not going to be using the big lead acid battery so it looked slightly rediculous with it being so high. i am now going to use 4 double a rechargable batteries.

week 8 term 3

This week has been exam week so it has been a real problem for me as i have not been able to do any of the practical things that i like i this course. this is the main problem i have encountered

week 7 term 3

this week i have cut my slab of aluminium in half for my light as it was too ig and he light would look quite ugly. i need to do a bit of work on the body of my light as it looks a bit shabby. i have made alot of progress though

my bottom plate for my light

this is the bottom plate that i am going to use for the light that i am going to make. it will soon be cut out on the cam machine.

materials justification

i have chosen to make my light out of aluminum and acrylic plastic. aluminium is a cheap non-corrosive metal which is malleuable and can be easily cut. it is good because its not corrosive so it cannot rust or corrode. the aluminium is going to be used for the body of the light. i am using transperant clear acrylic plastic for the light output. i am using this because it is very easy to work with and it can be very easily cut in the cam machine. this plastic has a high level of transperancy and can come in a range of different colours. it is also cheap

week 3 term 3

this week, i have started my cardboard mock-up of my solar light. this is going to be a 1:1 scale mock-up of my solar garden light. i also have the problem still yet to resolve with my transistor circuit. i will continue doing my mock-up first though to get that out of the way. my goal is to get my mock-up finished at the end of my double practical on this Friday.