Yesterday, the final stands were constructed, obviously marking a major step in the overall project. The one column stand was chosen as the final design due its rigidity. Many of the same steps were taken to build this stand as were to build the prototype of the one column design. However, extra precautions were taken in order to produce a cleaner final product.
When gluing the PVC to the flanges, a less messy and careful approach was taken in order to get as little spill over of primer onto the outer the surface of the flange. Another precaution that was taken was once the wood plates were sanded we were careful not to set them down anywhere that had things that could chip the surface, such as little pebbles. The last thing we did more carefully was lining up the bottom wood plate with the top wood plate. During the prototype construction, we only realized after we had glued the flanges to the PVC that they needed to be lined up so that the cut-outs matched up on either end of the PVC pipe. This time we ran a line from the top flange to the bottom one, so when we glued them on to the pipe, they would be oriented the same way. Once glued on, the center of the wood plates was found in order to make sure the flange was drilled into the correct position.
As stated earlier, the same methods of construction used in the prototype build were used for the final build. This time around we were much more efficient in our building as we completed the final stand construction in two hours compared to four hours for the prototype pair.
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