Discussion

1.Failure in fabrication.
There are some failure that weve faced during the fabrication process . The first one is the wrong size of the raw materials which is the mild steel for the bucket . The bucket size in the orthographic drawing given to us is (20x40x60)mm . We couldnt get the actual size of the drawing because the store keeper are ran out of raw material which the size as wanted . So , we decided to take the raw material with size shorter height which is 10mm . So we compiled it with another 10mm so that the bucket can be fabricated .

The second mistake that weve done in this project is the making of the RHS pillar slot . At the first time , we make the slot using the milling machine . This is because we think that the milling machine will give a good result because of its efficiency but were wrong . The milling machine has ruined one of our RHS pillar which make the slot look worse . The edge of the slot crooked because of the milling tools speed which is not suitable for soft raw materials like aluminum . In order to overcome this problem , weve decided to saw the crooked edges from the slot . The result is very satisfied . The crooked edges is in the slot have been removed .

The third one is the drilling of the bucket part . The size of the bucket according to the drawing given couldnt be achieved because the size of the raw material that we get is not as wanted . So , weve decided to make it into two part which is the thick is 10 mm each part . The bucket hole is about 15mm . We only can drilled through all the 10 mm in one part . Besides that , the another part will make the bucket more heavier . So , weve decided to remove one of the bucket part in order to make the ball launcher more lighter . If the ball launcher is heavy , the possibility of the ping pong ball to launch in long distance is about 25% . We decided to put another part of the bucket at the bottom of the device frame so that the base are stable and strong enough to stand and launch the ball well . Furthermore , the drilled hole of the block is not aligned to the center . This is because of the negligence of our group member while conducting the drilling machine .

The last one is the mistake while handling the lathe machine . The lathe machine is new for us to handle . So , its a common thing when we do some mistake while using it . The mistake that weve done is not supporting the raw material with the dead center . This make our shaft bended . In order to make our shaft straight

again , we hammered our shaft so that the bending of the shaft reduce . This effort has gained us a success . The shaft straighten but there is certain part that need to be cut off because of the bending . Its the end part of the shaft . The part bended to much . It cant be repair . Overall , all of the shaft is ok and all right .