The Perfect Shoot Semester 2 Week 1

 Over the winter break our team met at one of Bailey's family friends shop. At the shop we were taught how to properly operate and setup a Lincoln MiG welder. During this time we were taught what setting to use to avoid burning through the metal , how to scourge a piece a metal without cutting through it to bend the material at a 90 degree angle in order to add the bolt. The bolt was used to adjust the size of the rim. We spent some time trying to true the metal into a more circular shape, with no luck. Unfortunately we realized that our current design does not work in the way we thought it would, where the rim could be adjusted for the targeted age groups. With a 12 in bolt when it was fully tightened there was a minimal impact on the overall circumference of the rim. We expected the rim to be adjusted the same or close to the length of the bolt that was welded into place. We considered possible cutting the material, re molding into a circular shape, and repeating the building process. However, we believe moving forward it would be best to make 3 separate rims that can be quickly replaced based on what age is using the backboard.  

The images is our rim design that would have been welded to the pre existing rim once it was cut and placed where the original rim. 

The images above are what was used for inspiration for a new quick disconnect system, where three different rim sizes would be created and placed onto the  backboard in a quick manner. The goal is to have minimal time for rim changes between age groups using the court. 

The image above are 3 concepts of a quick attachment system, we are considering 3-d Printing the baseplate, or creating a new baseplate out of metal. To create a new rim we are leaning towards using rebar because of the ease of bending and low material cost to create the rim. In our next group discussion we are going to further discuss what method we want to move forward with in our design and execute the build