Q: How can you cut the sheet of metal into smaller pieces?
A: To cut the sheet of metal, I used the brake roll shear machine. The picture above shows the piece of metal after it was cut. As you can see, there are now 4 straight, smaller pieces of metal.
Q: Is there another way to cut metal besides the brake roll shear machine?
A: Great question! There is definitely another way. The photo above shows a tool known as tin sheet metal snips. These work like the shear machine, and cut metal. The only difference between the actual machine and the tool, is that you have to use a little more strength when using the tool.
Q: How does it look like when someone is using the tin sheet metal snips?
A: The picture above shows my partner Ivan using the tin sheet metal snips. As you can see, the tin sheet metal snips work like a scissor cutting through paper.
Q: What do you do after you have your 4 straight pieces of metal?
A: You would cut the metal into even smaller pieces. The picture above shows the smaller pieces of metal after I cut them. As you can see, the pieces are much smaller than before.
Q: Now that they are small, can they be spot welded?
A: No, they are not ready to be spot welded yet. After you have the smaller pieces, you must bend them to have an approximate 90 degree angle. This would allow one side of metal to be held by pliers, and the other side to be spot welded with the other piece of metal. The picture above shows the brake bending pieces of metal. The pieces of metal are circled in purple.
Q: How are the pieces of metal supposed to look like after using the brake?
A: The picture above shows how the pieces of metal are supposed to look. However, the pieces circled in purple are the ones which are bent incorrectly. Now, this project is complete. My group and I were able to make pieces of metal that can be spot welded, just as we originally planned.
Q: Every Friday, you do "clean up days." Do you still do those?
A: Yes, we still do those. However, recently my English teacher had brought in her electric car. She had it parked in the autoshop. So, my engineering teacher said that we can relax inside the car for that day.
Q: That sounds great! How did the car look like inside?
A: Well, I got to sit in the driver's seat, and it felt great! The picture above shows how the car looked. As you can see, there is a touch screen pad for the radio, and the car itself just looks awesome!
Q: Did you do any research?
A: Yes I did do research. The picture above shows a screenshot of a video I watched on the air pistol grip shears. Here is the link to this video:
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