Candy Slingshot
We created this to get candy to trick or treaters from 6+ feet away for social distancing. We are doing this design because it had the highest votes from the other class.
Supplies
Materials
Six 2x3 wood planks
1 1/4" screws
Wood glue
3' exercise band
Small cloth circle
Candy
Tools
Pull saw
Band saw
Power drill
Chisel
Mallet
Clamp
Made Drawings Out of Our Designs
We made ideas and drew them on paper with labels and details and explained how they would work.
Vote Designs
The other team saw all our designs and voted one per table.
Make Drawing of Chosen Design
We took the drawing of the design and made a bigger copy of it.
Prototyping
We made our prototype from the big paper design and tested how far it would go. We kept improving it until it could go farther than it could at first. It went almost 30 feet!
Make a List of Materials
We gave Mr. Shane a list of materials that we would need to make our final project.
Cut Wood
We cut the wood into the measurements we needed with a pull saw. We cut the halflaps with a band saw and a mallet.
Assemble
We assembled our frame and added the band and supports.
Testing
We tested to make sure it would launch as far as we wanted.