Ancient Greek Inventions Project
For this project we researched an invention that was created in ancient Greece. My group chose vending machines. We then had to make a prototype made of cardboard and then made a final model. Also we had to create a google sketchup and three hand drawn sketches.
Background Information
This shows the background information and a picture of an ancient Greek vending machine, which we used as our main reference.
Google Sketchup
This is our second Google sketchup since unfortunately, our original sketchup was deleted. The handy purpose I think we use google sketchup for is so that we can move it around in any angle we want and see a more....accurate view and we can, in a sense, hack it up.
Front View
This is the front view sketch. it shows the spout and the coin slot.
Side View
This is a side view of our vending machine. it shows the water bottle, the lever, the string, the tube, and the cup all from a side view.
Top View
This is a top view it shows the coin slot and the circumference.
We, of course, made a lot of revisions to our sketches but these three above are the final sketches. The reason for our multiple revisions was so that we could make sure we would not have to then make multiple revisions on our prototype and final model beacuse it is easier to make revisions to sketches with a pencil and eraser then with wood, cardboard, and glue. We included the exact measurements but as we built the final model we had to make some minor adjustments.It was important to have the measurements on the sketches because that way we could always refer back to it for intstructions. These following pictures are of our prototype and final model.
Prototype
This is our prototype. We did not finish the inside but we made the outside. The hole depicted is the hole for the water to come out. The challenges for the prototype was that the cardboard was very hard to make into a circle. There was also not a big enough amount of cardboard we could use to replicate the exact measurements. And we did not do any of the inside work which was the most improtant part of the invention. There is not much closeness of the prototype to the actual final model, as you can see, it is not even circular. Although it was still improtant that we made a prototype because it helps of to have something not as fragile, to like disect and work with to be able to make a perfect model.
This is a picture of our final vending machine model. We used a crumpled piece of purple duct tape to fall through the slot and drop onto the spoon, or "lever" which is attached to a string which pulls up the water bottle, which pours the water into the awaiting cup! Our challenges during the project were that we kept having to change the measurements and our work ratio was 2:1 so it was unfair to ivan but he did a really great job. He really made it all a success and made all our hard work come together very nice! As you can see though, the prototype looks nothing like the final model. While building it we realized it would just be easier to make the outer shell square so that everything would be able to sturdily stick onto the walls of the model. Over the course of the project, we used plenty of power tools and for me it was my first time using major power tools. Of course i was really scared but put on some safety glasses and remembered how Mr. Major showed us and got to work, although sometimes i had to be helped a little. I think that will definitely help me in future projects, like art!