My STEAM Day Presentation

This picture shows pieces of cardboard that will be used to make a practice piece of a gusset demonstration that will be used in STEAM Day at the Middle School to interest students into joining STEAM.

This after picture shows a complete demonstration of what we plan to make with aluminum. There will be two corner pieces, one will be left complete alone to show how weak it is while another one will be reinforced with a gusset to show how strong it can be.

The picture above shows a hollow beam of aluminum that will be cut up to use it as the corners that will be used in the demonstration. Four pieces of aluminum will be cut to from the two different corners that will be used for the demonstration.

The picture shows four different beams, all of them will be used to make two corners however only one corner will have the gusset attached on. This is to demonstrate the difference between the both and how strong it can be with just a simple triangle.

This picture shows one of the four beams, but this one has a hole in it because this is where the rivet will be put in to create a joint for the corner to move around and show how easily it can move apart from each side of the corner.

This after picture shows a small piece of sheet metal that will be used as a joint for the corner. It has hole that is 3/16 of an inch, which is the the size of the rivets I always use, the rivet will go one end of the beam and another one on the same side of the other beam.

This picture shows a beam in a grip that is placed under a drill press. The hole is still 3/16 of an inch to match the hole in the other beam so I can use the same size rivet.

This picture shows the same small sheet of aluminum from before lined up onto both of the beams. This is how I will make the corner to show how weak one corner is compared to the corner with the gusset.

This after picture shows the corner secured together with rivets connecting the sheet of aluminum to both of the beams. This is one corner complete, however I still need to make the other corner and I need to include a gusset into that other corner.

This picture shows the gusset placed onto the other corner I made. The gusset is being riveted in to secure the gusset to the two different beams to show how a simple triangle can make a corner more reinforced and a lot stronger.

This picture shows the corner with the corner completely done and ready to be demonstrated to the students of the Middle School.

This picture shows the beginning of the next part of the whole project. This part of the project is to demonstrate the bead roller and how it can be how it can reinforce any piece of aluminum. To do that I need to cut a sheet of aluminum into smaller pieces.

This picture shows the sheet cut up into four small sheets of metal. Two of them will be left alone and the other two will be rolled in two different ways to show how the sheet can and cannot be bent in certain directions.

This after picture shows the corners of the pieces of metal. They are all sharp and dangerous, this can not be left like this because the students could hurt themselves or cut others whether it was on accident or done purposely.

This picture shows all the sheets of metal with the corners cut and filed down to make it more safe for the students at the Middle School so they won’t cut themselves or inflict damage to others.

The picture above displays the sheets of aluminum that will be put into the bead roller. The area within the sharpie is where the bead roller will go and make it hard to bend like a "book".

This picture shows the bead roller marks going across the sheet of aluminum instead of vertically so that this piece of aluminum cannot be bent like a "hot dog". This is the final piece of the presentation and with this I am officially done.