building motors with Tomeo and James :D

At first i found the process difficult due to our lack of supplies. However after Mr. Chong entered the room with all the supplies that we need, i was confident that we would succeed. we decided to work separately for the process to speed up. Our motivation was the bonus mark Mr. Chong mentioned for who finished first. It was much easier than i anticipated, the nails go in the wood easily and the cork was soft enough for me to place the commuters and the axle. the nails had to be 2 or 3 cm apart for one side. on the other side, there needed to be a distance of 5-6 cm apart. While i finished up the board, James finished sanding his coke can. then i used a small nail to make holes for the 2 paper clips. the paper clips were the support for the axle. Then when the cork was placed on the paper clips, and it was stable; we nailed the tin can strips on the sides of the board in front of one of the paper clips. Lastly, James wrapped the coil around the cork vertically and we sanded both ends so that it touches the can strips. In the end, we succeeded in being the first group to accomplish the difficult task. Our motor spun 4-5 times on the first trial. Here are pictures of our beautifully created motor:

 

Well we are also the first group to make our motor explode! enjoy this video of our motor working(almost) and another of our motor exploding! (almost)