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finding your calling
And now, Branola Theatre Company, in conjunction with Revivify.net Productions, presents "Shower-Fresh Alex and the Mandrel"!
I woke up early this morning to go down to Mechie Lab at 8:50am, to learn about making a mandrel, due on Friday. Once down there, I spent an hour and a half getting acquainted with lathes and the Johnson Saw. After that, I was set free to create a mandrel. Initially, I cut the little side beautifully, but then I accidentally narrowed the bottom and was forced to hacksaw it off and start over again. By noon, I had successfully recut the small side. Returning around 2:50pm, I then worked until 4:15pm on this mandrel. I tapped the small side (6/32) and cut and tapped the large side (8/32). After tapping the small side twice, screws turned nicely into both ends. Now, I am the master of the lathe! Mwaha!
On to the finished pictures:
Here's the mandrel with screws and washers in place. It started out as a solid cylinder, which I cut down to size on the ends, then drilled and tapped to fit the screws. I decided this picture was too dark, so I turned on my desk lamp for the rest of them.
I tried to get a picture of the large end, showing the threads, but I didn't hold it nearly close enough. Turns out, that didn't matter - my webcam doesn't like capturing little details like threads. Darn.
This is the small end, held a little closer. It's .1869 inches in diameter, whereas the big end is .2475 inches, and the cylinder itself is 1 inch.
This is the large end again, held closer in an attempt to show the threads better. Again, it's not lovely, but you can tell they're there, right? Right?
And finally, here's me and my mandrel. No screws, no washers, nothing. Just me and my day's worth of work. Well, a long day's worth for one class. Yeesh!
To round out this entry, so that it's not just my mandrel!luff, I figured I'd post my schedule for this term. Someone might be curious. Maybe.
Monday:
Political Science 1pm-2pm
Mechanics of Materials 2pm-3pm
Tuesday:
Engineering Lab 10:30am-12pm
Chemistry Lab 1pm-4pm
Gothic Literature 7pm-10pm
Wednesday:
Political Science 1pm-2pm
Mechanics of Materials 2pm-3pm
Thursday:
Engineering Lab 10:30am-12pm
Chemistry Lab 1pm-4pm
Friday:
Political Science 1pm-2pm
Mechanics of Materials 2pm-3pm
The Engineering Lab listed is just lecture - lab time is separate. Not to mention all my crappy reading, and lab write-ups. Yick. Still better than last term, though. Say it with me, people: Yay!
I woke up early this morning to go down to Mechie Lab at 8:50am, to learn about making a mandrel, due on Friday. Once down there, I spent an hour and a half getting acquainted with lathes and the Johnson Saw. After that, I was set free to create a mandrel. Initially, I cut the little side beautifully, but then I accidentally narrowed the bottom and was forced to hacksaw it off and start over again. By noon, I had successfully recut the small side. Returning around 2:50pm, I then worked until 4:15pm on this mandrel. I tapped the small side (6/32) and cut and tapped the large side (8/32). After tapping the small side twice, screws turned nicely into both ends. Now, I am the master of the lathe! Mwaha!
On to the finished pictures:
Here's the mandrel with screws and washers in place. It started out as a solid cylinder, which I cut down to size on the ends, then drilled and tapped to fit the screws. I decided this picture was too dark, so I turned on my desk lamp for the rest of them.
I tried to get a picture of the large end, showing the threads, but I didn't hold it nearly close enough. Turns out, that didn't matter - my webcam doesn't like capturing little details like threads. Darn.
This is the small end, held a little closer. It's .1869 inches in diameter, whereas the big end is .2475 inches, and the cylinder itself is 1 inch.
This is the large end again, held closer in an attempt to show the threads better. Again, it's not lovely, but you can tell they're there, right? Right?
And finally, here's me and my mandrel. No screws, no washers, nothing. Just me and my day's worth of work. Well, a long day's worth for one class. Yeesh!
To round out this entry, so that it's not just my mandrel!luff, I figured I'd post my schedule for this term. Someone might be curious. Maybe.
Monday:
Political Science 1pm-2pm
Mechanics of Materials 2pm-3pm
Tuesday:
Engineering Lab 10:30am-12pm
Chemistry Lab 1pm-4pm
Gothic Literature 7pm-10pm
Wednesday:
Political Science 1pm-2pm
Mechanics of Materials 2pm-3pm
Thursday:
Engineering Lab 10:30am-12pm
Chemistry Lab 1pm-4pm
Friday:
Political Science 1pm-2pm
Mechanics of Materials 2pm-3pm
The Engineering Lab listed is just lecture - lab time is separate. Not to mention all my crappy reading, and lab write-ups. Yick. Still better than last term, though. Say it with me, people: Yay!