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This is our first shot at a camouflage ball... after an hour of fighting with the weaving, they pulled it apart and tried again, it was still a bit off, and this ball resulted! Unfortunately what we didn't realize is the orbit ball that we modeling after had been broken and incorrectly fixed!!! The latest ball is much better, and ball #2 is in progress as I type!! BIG thanks to 228 GUS for the how to make the orbit balls idea... 2 down, 98 to go!!
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22-01-2009 22:10
Josh Goodman
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Just a small teaser of whats to come at the Rochester Rally Exhibition.....and hmmm.....maybe some team awards?
See ya at the competitions! 
22-01-2009 22:14
Alex Cormier
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only 100? why not 1000? Fundraiser?
22-01-2009 22:17
Kims Robot
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Originally Posted by Alex Cormier
only 100? why not 1000? Fundraiser?
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I have no idea how we are going to get all 100 of these done......
22-01-2009 22:21
Liz Smith
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Originally Posted by Alex Cormier
only 100? why not 1000? Fundraiser?
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Originally Posted by Kims Robot
HA.... HA....HA..... IKEEELYOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have no idea how we are going to get all 100 of these done...... |
I do have to say they look awesome. Can't wait to see them in person.
22-01-2009 23:20
smurfgirl
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As soon as I saw this pic I knew what team this came from. (: Looks great! Good luck with the other 98!
22-01-2009 23:35
Justin Montois
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Those are awesome! I can't wait to see them at Rally! See you guys there, I hope your having a great build season!
23-01-2009 07:55
skimoose
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Originally Posted by Kims Robot
HA.... HA....HA..... IKEEELYOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Our team made 22 last weekend (4 hours on Saturday, 4 on Sunday, 2 mentors and about 6 students) and we were cross-eyed by the end. We used gray gaffers tape, the same as on the trailers, to close the fabric seams and its holding up very well. That should speed things up a little for you.
We also set up a production line to speed things up. Three first three rings are easy; link ring 1 to ring 2, then link ring 3 through the first two together. We also took an Orbit Ball and numbered each ring at every intersection with another ring. This gave us an easy way to check our weaving. We had 1 student gluing batting, 1 mentor sewing fabric, 1 student installing the fabric, 1 student assembling the first three rings, and the remainder of us were the best at weaving the remainder of the ball.
To motivate us we set up two trailers and every time someone finished a ball they had to shoot it into a trailer. Seeing the trailers fill up kept us moving. We also adopted a rule, if you missed the trailer you had to make another ball and try again, if you scored you could take a break.
There weren't many misses that weekend!
Team 228 is truly humbled by the positive feedback from everyone and happy to have helped the FIRST community with this project.
23-01-2009 14:44
IKE
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Go to instructables.com greek football.
It shows the best way to make these. I made 2 polycarbonate ones with Rookie team in about 15 minutes this morning.
The basic instructions are:
Find 6 straps.
Turn 1 into a hoop.
Make the other 5 into a star pattern. Keep rearranging it until the straps alternate over under for every intersection and form a small pentagon surrounded by triangles.
Then tape the pentagon down to hold it in place.
Next step is raise the underside straps and insert them into the hoop. This will form the bottom of the ball.
Next alternate the straps in order to incapsulate the premade hoop.
Last step is to join the hoops one at a time. Make sure that as you continue conecting straps, they follow the over under pattern.
Once you get the hang of it, the weaving part goes really fast.
23-01-2009 17:48
Cynette
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Originally Posted by IKE
Go to instructables.com greek football.
It shows the best way to make these. I made 2 polycarbonate ones with Rookie team in about 15 minutes this morning. The basic instructions are: Find 6 straps. Turn 1 into a hoop. Make the other 5 into a star pattern. Keep rearranging it until the straps alternate over under for every intersection and form a small pentagon surrounded by triangles. Then tape the pentagon down to hold it in place. Next step is raise the underside straps and insert them into the hoop. This will form the bottom of the ball. Next alternate the straps in order to incapsulate the premade hoop. Last step is to join the hoops one at a time. Make sure that as you continue conecting straps, they follow the over under pattern. Once you get the hang of it, the weaving part goes really fast. |
23-01-2009 17:50
JaneYoung
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Originally Posted by Cynette
The hard part is with the camo, all the strips blend together!
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23-01-2009 18:02
ironbears
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Brilliant just a random quesiton to save me time whats the lenght of lexan? (if thats what you used).
23-01-2009 18:07
artdutra04
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Originally Posted by ironbears
Brilliant just a random quesiton to save me time whats the lenght of lexan? (if thats what you used). |
23-01-2009 18:18
Cynette
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Originally Posted by JaneYoung
Put temporary color-coded stickers on them.
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Posted on Team 1511's forum in the thread, "Re: Great 2008-09 Season Quotes!"
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After nearly 45 minutes of trying to weave the ball.... Cynette: which one is purple? Leann: Uhh, we lost them... this ones purple... Cynette: and this one is purple... Leann: and this one is green... and... yeah this one is green.... Cynette: so purple purple green! Leann: yeah and this one is green.... Leann: Oh no,we lost it.... |
23-01-2009 18:19
JaneYoung
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Originally Posted by Cynette
We did that and the rest of the team thought we had totally lost our marbles when they watched us weave camo strips while saying...
Posted on Team 1511's forum in the thread, "Re: Great 2008-09 Season Quotes!" |
23-01-2009 23:46
991Steven
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What material did you use to make them?
24-01-2009 00:48
Cynette
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Originally Posted by 991Steven
What material did you use to make them?
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24-01-2009 16:16
Spider-Man
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I hope you bring some to Chesapeake and are willing to part with one or more...
More seriously, I love the look of them. They should be great for exhibitions of this year's game.
Don't forget to post a picture when you are done of all the Thunder Balls in a trailer detailing how long it took to make them.
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