I Can Fix It!

Question: What's with the picture?

Cruz: That's a picture of my classmates cutting off a leg from a metal chair. 

Question: Why are you guys cutting pieces of a chair?

Cruz: We're repairing the chairs inside our Powers and Tools classroom. It's not really because our teacher is lazy, but because there is a lot to learn in the process in repairing a simple tool that we do not think a lot about.

Question: Cool. So what exactly are the repairs that are being done to the chair(s)?

Cruz: We are not only making the chairs look nicer, we are also repairing its legs to make them stronger and prevent them from wobbling side to side.

Question: What do you mean by the legs wobbling? 

Cruz:

Credit to metroretrofurniture.com

The chair has two pairs of conjoined legs. The legs are welded together in a cross-shape, allowing the legs to all be at the edge, like shown. However, the ring on the bottom supports weight, but it does not prevent the legs from being detached. The legs can become loose from the welding on the bottom of the seat or from the ring. Thus, the legs become wobbly, and the chair then becomes unstable.

Question: So how do you plan on repairing this?

Cruz: Great question! My partners, Kelly, Rami, and I have decided to do the following:

We decided to weld the legs with pieces of metal. This would hold the legs down to the stool, preventing the legs from becoming loose over time. It would also keep the legs sturdy in a straight direction, preventing the chair from swinging side to side. 

Question: So what else is going to happen?

Cruz: Remember the ring mentioned before? Well we are going to weld the ring outside of the legs. 

Question: Huh? What do you mean outside?

Cruz: I mean the ring will be holding the legs inside of it! The ring holding the legs inside of it will make the chair sturdier and will prevent from the bottom half of the legs to lose strength and will keep the chair, like mentioned before, swinging side to side.

Question: This looks like a fun project. Is the finished product ready to be shown?

Cruz: No, not yet. But it will be soon! I will keep my blog updated, aside from updating the process of the project.

Want to know more? Follow Kelly Coca's and Rami Alhussein's blog to see more of the project!

http://ramialhusseinengineering.blogspot.com/
http://kellycocaengineering.blogspot.com/