Reverse Engineering (Project Blog) 10|21|16

Summary: This project was about reverse engineering an item & then presenting it to the class. Our team chose a clock to reverse engineer. When talking about the clock, I learned that the clock had three main gears that controlled the hands (second hand, minute hand, & hour hand) while the other gears were there to help it move. I also learned that there was a compartment box for the gears & a small space in the back for what looked like a 15A battery.

Backward-Looking: 
What problems did you encounter while you were working on this piece? How did you solve them?  The problems we encountered while working on this piece were one, something had happened to the clock & the lens on it had somehow cracked. Another problem was that the clock frame had been opened and the glass lens had bent the second hand out of shape. Then our next problem was the compartment box - that was broken in have and so the gears kept spilling everywhere. 
   We solved these problems by gluing the pieces back together and then taping it while the glue was drying so the pieces would get separated or moved. And for the clock frame, we just put it back and screwed it back on tightly.

Inward-Looking:
What did/do you find frustrating about it?  What I found frustrating about this piece was that the gears would keep spilling everywhere when we were taking it apart to sketch & we didn't have enough time to finish our project. So more than half of the project wasn't finished & we had to improvise when presenting.

Outward-Looking:
What grade would you give it? Why? I would give this project a "B", mainly because our presentation (on Google Slides) was not finished and we had to improvise and make things up as we went along the presentation. Another reason why I would give this project a "B" is because some of the sketches were slightly messy as we rushed to turn in our sketches before they could be given a zero. This goes for our Manual as well - we got a 25/50 grade because not all the sketches were there and the regrades were not automatic for all members of our team. 

Forward-Looking:
What would you change if you had a chance to do this piece over again?  I would finish the presentation and script (we were told to do a script as we would be presenting the next day) so we could be prepared for the actual presentation. I would also change how neat the clock pictures are and help my team upload them to the Manual if they were having trouble.


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