Welding for Science!

[Pullstart 62,846]

Rylee is practicing her welding skills today.  Her challenge is to build a marble drop.  It needs to take precisely 10 seconds to complete.  Penalties for too fast or too slow.

 

 

[Pullstart 62,846]

She is doing all the welding.  I helped her cut steel and belt sand the edges, then I’m just the holder guy.

[SylvanLakeWH 25,552]

Cool!  

 

She know anyone who knows how to weld, fabricate or make stuff? 

[Pullstart 62,846]

7 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Cool!  

 

She know anyone who knows how to weld, fabricate or make stuff? 

This is another exercise of humility on both ends.  Like I learned recently, since dad was good at wrestling (7 or 8 years experience), doesn’t mean week three of tournaments is going to be easy.  She’s getting the hang of it, I’m learning how to teach better 

[Tonytoro416 1,034]

I think this is awesome.  I don’t know how old she is but learning is something I hope she will do the rest of her life. I learn something every single day damn near and have learned there is nothing wrong with not knowing how to do something or operate something.  Sounds like she will be very well rounded.  Good for you and her both

[ri702bill 8,318]

And the prize is??? ..... priceless. Dad and Daughter, the transferring of acquired learned skills - that right there is QUALITY family time, Kevin....  

[ri702bill 8,318]

Remember to have her tuck her hair under her shirt - unless you want Mrs P. to go all Ricky Ricardo on you - "Oh, Lucy! You got some es-plianin to do..!! "

A perfect starter project - I'm really waiting to see the "Wabbit Twaps" though...

[CCW 1,295]

There are a many ways to teach problem solving.  This is a good one.

[Pullstart 62,846]

Today’s progress…

..well, something is funky with the YouTube link.

 

here it is!

 

 

Edited February 9, 2023 by Pullstart

[SylvanLakeWH 25,552]

Outstanding!!!

 

[lynnmor 7,305]

My , the more tilt you have on the unit, the more friction on the back wall and that might lead to inconsistency.  Maybe the wall should be polished to reduce that friction.

[Pullstart 62,846]

4 minutes ago, lynnmor said:

My , the more tilt you have on the unit, the more friction on the back wall and that might lead to inconsistency.  Maybe the wall should be polished to reduce that friction.

the back tilt has been constant the whole time, braced with a 2x4.  I have thought about the drag, and potentially reducing some on the jump… but it is going fast as it is, we need to slow it down a second or so.  I’ll let her fiddle around and see if she can improve (or extend) it.

[ri702bill 8,318]

Grab one of Dad's Band-Aids and wrap it with that !!!!! 

[Pullstart 62,846]

5 hours ago, Tonytoro416 said:

I don’t know how old she is

She’s 13 

[Tonytoro416 1,034]

That’s awesome to see her blazing tacks.  Most girls her age wouldn’t even think of putting on the helmet

[Pullstart 62,846]

It’s been a couple years, but during the big ‘rona shutdown she had that helmet on a couple times too 

 

Here she is on her first tractor, Screamin’ Jimmy the Commando 800 after we build the dual stacks for it.

[Tonytoro416 1,034]

That’s really awesome man. Enjoy this time with her 

[Pullstart 62,846]

This is for her Mondays Homeschool Academy.  This is from her teacher.  “This is awesome! You definitely have a chance of winning the 1 pound chocolate bunny for the winner :)”

 

I didn’t know a pound of chocolate was the prize!  

[peter lena 8,620]

   @Pullstart  my grandson is at welding school in ohio , 9 months in , has to re certify at every stage , more than learning from each step. accepting responsibility  , learning from every  mess up , realising  its not going to kill you . sure RYLEE has a confidence and insight from all her mistakes , thats what its all about . like I  have said to dan , you want to deal with issues / problems , like a duck to water , the more you practice that  , the more confidence you will have . great to have a welder in the family , pete     

[Pullstart 62,846]

11 minutes ago, peter lena said:

great to have a welder in the family , pete     

I never went to college, more than a few apprentice classes for tool and die.  One was a welding class, but I had been welding for a handful of years previous to that.  My HS graduation open house funded a brand new Lincoln 135Plus MIG welder, tank and safety supplies… nearly to the dollar.  Most people thought I was nuts buying a welder with “good money” but I feel like I made the best open house money decision of my class!  I was telling Rylee, once you learn something like a skill, nobody can take it away from you.  Sometimes you’ll get rusty if you don’t practice often, but like riding a bike, it comes back quick.

[peter lena 8,620]

@Pullstart  for year s I  was paired with a welder as a partner , many years back you had your own  trade / craft. when we were told that  they were to  intergrade  trades , there was a lot of push back . every job . problem had a  related background to yours , it was a matter of adapting to it . if problem was welding related , I  would prep , tack / cut and fit  make up pieces , or related . if  problem was mechanical , he would assist me , with anything needed to finish job. evolved to instantly , adapting /  failure , contact related part sources , other crafts , instrument techs  , electrician , would be pulled in . before long  there was nothing that you could not adapt to , always thinking  / planning ahead . would say thats my view on any issue , rarely if ever  stumped with how to correct / eliminate a problem . did that for years . thats why I  do what I  do , greasy , pete 

[ri702bill 8,318]

1 hour ago, Pullstart said:

the 1 pound chocolate bunny

Oh,no!! Another Wabbit to deal with - grind 'em up, make s'mores!! 

[CCW 1,295]

My last year of teaching high school tech ed the students would take a water bottle and flip it and try to make it stand up.  Drove me nuts until one day I had an epiphany.  As a mid-winter assignment I broke to the class into groups and said they had to design and build a machine to would flip a water bottle and make it stand on the floor.  I had a huge pile of cardboard from an appliance store and they could use as much as they wanted along with glue and screws.  They worked and problem solved on that endeavor for three weeks.  Amazing what they came up with.  At the end of the year they told me it was the hardest problem they ever had to solve. 

 

Teamwork, leadership research and problem solving.  I love seeing this in education as it pulls together so many facets of what has been taught.

[Handy Don 12,217]

1 minute ago, CCW said:

Teamwork, leadership research and problem solving.  I love seeing this in education as it pulls together so many facets of what has been taught.

It’s the stickiest kind of knowledge that any of us can acquire--especially the learning from mistakes part!

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

23 hours ago, Pullstart said:

She is doing all the welding.  I helped her cut steel and belt sand the edges, then I’m just the holder guy.

i cant believe it im almost 14  and i cant even weld and ryle is im guessing maybe 12 or so im getting showed up by a GIRL!!! lol   Tell her that Kollin said nice work