While it was a normal week of school, there were some disruptions to our regular schedule with the Biology MCAS test over 2 days and Fells Day on Friday. We hope all our students did well on the MCAS and that everybody enjoyed Fells Day! Here are some brief highlights of the work that happened in the shop last week.
Junior Quinn Dufour ’27 was working on the Candy Sorter project:
This week we successfully made a cardboard model of the entire design. We made some minor edits to the connections before beginning to test cut the pieces. We made a very close model of each piece out of cardboard. This included stacking pieces of cardboard for thicker pieces.
I also made an additional few models, walls for the base of the sorter, including access flaps. We cut all of these out and assembled on Thursday. Everything fit perfectly! I won’t be in school on Friday but in theory testing should be ready to begin on Monday.
See more of Quinn’s work here.
Adam Dangi was working on his Sumo Bot project:
This week I progressed on my light box project.
Monday:
Tuesday: I put together the bot as a prototype. I noticed that the sensor would hook onto the edge of the sumo bot. So I decided to snip it, which actually ruined the sensor, so I swapped it out with Dom. I also 3D printed a holder for the motor.
Wednesday: I was testing the sumo bot around the arena. The previous day, I 3D printed a caster for a ball bearing.
Thursday: However, that very same ball bearing would become the same issue as the previous sensor.
Friday: Today, I’m moving that ball bearing back so that it won’t. I will also be adjusting the code so that the sensor will be more reactive to the white line.
Our Freshmen had a very reduced schedule due to MCAS, but they continued work on their coding and circuitry.
All for now.
MVTHS Engineering 
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