Weekly Log May 14

Today, we finished spray painting the buoy in period 4. When we came back during period 6, we loaded the buoy and the "solar panel" into Mike Heyer's truck. I will be taking it home this weekend to test it in my pool. We plan to test on Sunday, when all partners are available to test it out. As for my poster, it is nearly complete. All I need to do is write up a conclusion, which I cannot do until we have tested the buoy at least once. This means it should be done early on Monday.

Weekly Log May 11

Today, we finished covering the buoy with the polyurathane and hardening mix. It took us two days, and turned out very well. It did not eat away at the foam at all, so the structural integirty was not compromised. we plan on spray painting tomorrow and completing the anhoring system. next week, we will text it in the pool!

Weekly Log May 7

By today, foaming is completely finished, as well as sanding. We used the belt sander to round the buoy to an almost perfect shape. starting Monday, we will be using the polyurathane and hardening mix to coat the buoy. This will probably take a single day. If we have time, we will spray paint the buoy. We will also connect the anchoring system.

Weekly Log May 3

This week, we will finish foaming! Today, we will foam the bottom half of the buoy. Tomorrow, we will plan out how we would like to trim the buoy, and hopefully get started on that. By the end of this week, I hope that we will be able to have finished trimming the buoy. If we hear that we are able to cut the rope for the anchor, I hope to finish that by the end of this week too.