The Skull Crushers Catapult

This picture shows the catapult docked and ready to launch (water balloon not shown). Twisted nylon cables are used as a torsional force for the arm.
Taken on 10/24/13 at 8:00P, ETC 6th floor
Emily Hood

Catapult

This is a photo of our catapult in the later stages of construction. The lever arm and surgical tubing has not been attached, but everything else is complete.

Wood Boards & Plywood (Machined)

Wood boards or slabs are first cut logs that are put into a sawmill to be cut and then further processed to create the boards. Plywood, on the other hand, goes through several steps, including rotary cutting of the veneer, bonding of the layers, sawing, sanding, coating, and machining.

Home Depot, Brodie Lane, South Austin

By Nicole Rocha

Guitar- Machined

My sweet Genevieve is machined and hand-crafted. It is made from a Spruce top and Rosewood back/sides/neck. The headstock (not visible) has metal pegs on it that were lathed into the desirable shape. It was used by machines to cut, shape, and soften just about every part of this baby. I love her, and so should you.