February 8, 2016Monday Rachel and I started off with researching how to etch our rings, which is for our final project. We heard of a couple options from Scott and Phil, so the both of us looked into what the options they said were. We had an option or two, but the ones we considered are Chemically engraving and/or using a Dremel tool. Scott said he has a Dremel tool, he just doesn't have all the size pieces we need. The Acid seems to be an easier use, and a quicker way too. So Rachel and I decided that engraving it chemically would be best. We decided to get started right away, so that's what we did. We got a piece of metal, I believe it was brass, and we wrote HTH on it with a sharpie to see the affect. We then wrapped a zip tie around the brass to keep hold of it, and dipped it in the Chemicals to let it sit there for over 20 minutes. It only did a little work to it, which is fine because we were testing to see what would be the most affective option. Here is a few of the websites we visited to learn more about the chemical engraving and Dremel Tool: February 9, 2016Tuesday we decided to test the chemicals and brass with different ways. We got some heat transfer vinyl and put it on all three of the brass. On one we spray painted it with a thick black, another one we coated it with a clear spray, and the last one we simply just put the Heat Transfer Vinyl right on it. We put all three of them in the chemicals at once so it would be even, and then applied a heat gun to all of them to speed up the process. We found out after peeling the Heat Transfer Vinyl off, that having the Vinyl by itself straight on it, was the most affective and looked the best. February 10, 2016Wednesday we made rings. We got some brass, and cut off a random chunk from it. Then we faced the brass and surfaced it in both directions, making it smooth on all sides. From there we measured out Rachel's finger, and sized the hole we were going to make according to her measurements. We then cut off the amount of ring we wanted, and realized we had enough of it to cut off a ring for me too. The rings fit our pinkies, so on our final one we will have to get a bigger size brass, but they do still work. I would say we need to sand the rings, shape them, and engrave them, but without doing those things we are pretty excited and pretty proud of them so far. February 11, 2016Thursday, both Scott and Rachel weren't here and I didn't want to do anything without both of their permission, so I worked on some coding (even though coding isn't physics, I was making sure I wasn't wasting any of my time). I then worked on this blog for the remaining time.
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