How Things Work
The official blog of Professor Michael Webber's Fall 2013 UGS Course "How Things Work."
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Wood
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Friday, October 25, 2013
The Skull Crushers Catapult
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This picture shows the catapult docked and ready to launch (water balloon not shown). Twisted nylon cables are used as a torsional force ...
Catapult
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This is a photo of our catapult in the later stages of construction. The lever arm and surgical tubing has not been attached, but everythi...
Friday, October 4, 2013
Wood Boards & Plywood (Machined)
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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, o...
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Guitar- Machined
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My sweet Genevieve is machined and hand-crafted. It is made from a Spruce top and Rosewood back/sides/neck. The headstock (not visible) ha...
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