Shop Class: [1/30]

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

When the students arrive, they see the familiar backdrop of the scrap yard in place.

The only thing that would seem different about it would be the large pile of tennis balls sitting in middle of it.

"All right, kids. Today's assignment is to build a tennis ball cannon gun using items you might find here in the scrapyard."

ETA:

The following students will get detention if they do not supply an OOC or IC excuse for missing two classes in a row by next class period (Weds).
Sydney Bristow
Yuffie Kisaragi

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Re: Assignment: [1/30]

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia's first idea involved a tube, a music stand, several feet of thin rubber tubing, and a broken concertina. But the broken concertina would require drilling and sewing, and frankly, she didn't feel like putting that much effort in.

Her next idea involved springs.

Be thankful she didn't go for that one. Chaos would have ensued. Chaos, I tell you!

Finally, she settled on something boring simple, so as not to strain her shoulder too much. She grabbed two lengths of pvc piping, one only about a centimeter smaller in diameter than the other, some bits of rubber, an AOHell free 100 hours cd, two bike handles, and the superglue.

She glared at the duct tape as she passed by.

the rubber was glued as a cap over the end of the smaller tube, which was then fitted into the larger one. She checked how well it slid, and finding it sticking slightly, trimmed down the rubber and added a touch of oil to make it work faster, without losing the seal. Then she cut the AOHell cd down to size and superglued it about midway down the length of the larger tube. She glued one handle to the non-rubber end of the smaller tube, and one below the AOHell cd in the larger tube. She slid the smaller tube in and out a few times, then shook her head and glued more rubber to it, this time in a circle a few inches in front of the handle, to keep the tube from impactin the AOHell cd in the other tube.

She looked the whole thing over, then cut a tennis-ball sized hole out of the top of the bigger tube just in front of the cd, superglued a third tube to that, and loaded the sucker up with tennis balls.

She tested it by firing one to the left of Mac's head.

She's not the best shot in the world.

Re: Assignment: [1/30]

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

The ball bounces of Mac's head. He looks at Nadia with a cocked eyebrow, trying to look scolding but mostly you can tell he's amused.

"Well we can see that it works," Mac said tossing the ball back to Nadia.

Re: Assignment: [1/30]

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia blushed furiously. "Um, yeah." She caught the ball, but then fumbled and dropped it. "I'll aim for something else next time," she promised.

Re: Assignment: [1/30]

[manofthemullet.livejournal.com]

"Feel free to aim anything you need to fire at our TA when she's more mobile. That's what she's here for."

Re: Assignment: [1/30]

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia glanced over, then back at Mac and just raised her eyebrow.