STUDIO WEEK 2 Task: Build a stable structure long enough to bridge a 1.5m gap that can support as many blocks as possible.
Materials: -‐Balsa wood -‐Super Glue -‐Blue-‐tack Cutting Knife -‐Pins -‐Tin pencil case for cutting -‐Cutting board
The 1.5m span of the bridge was situated between two tables.
We used tape and pins to create fixed joints allowing 3 strips to be connected so that the bridge would be long enough to span across the 1.5m gaps. We overlapped the strips of balsa by 10cm.
We decided to build a beam structure, considering our material as good in both tension and compression, which are characteristic forces of beams. Our design required the balsa wood to b e cut into 8 equal strips.
We made our cuts following the grain of the balsa wood.