This blog will contain all of the fun stuff that I am building for my engineering class, and around my appartment. hopefully it will be full of pictures and such. So enjoy this crazy stuff.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Trusses

Here we are making progress on our sheds. Those are the trusses that will hold up the roof in the near future. Dont worry, I do have more than one shirt.
As you can see, we're just nailing away on this here wood. It looks like the weather is letting up, and we will be on our way to laying foundation and cement. Soon you will see a tougher than tuff shed.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Casting

Here we are in one of my engineering classes, pulling molten aluminum out of the crucible.
This is my hand made mold for a soon to be C-Clamp.
It’s Hot, Hot, Hot! Don’t stick your finger in, you might lose it. Just dancin' around the fire. Check out that apron, and awesome mittens. You would think that were in the most extreme Home Ec. class ever. That’s no brownie maker, trust me.
Pooring, pooring, keep it flowing. Wait not too much, not to little. Watch out!
Just degassing it, nothing to see here.

Small Engines

Now were on to engines. This is a lawn mower 4 stroke engine that we have disassembled. We took some measurements and are now trying to put it back together. This is a whole lot funnier then the usual Lego's. What next, rockets? hahahah Check it out!