Tractor Axles…part two
It’s very interesting and unexpected, but Gr changes his mind! He decides that we could use wood for axles. I am very surprised – especially after he was so adamant about using metal and not wood. By this time, the rest of his friends are not interested in listening to him. Metal it is. Gr feels left out and goes off on his own for a while, rolling tires around the yard.
I try and convince him that we voted and we decided so we can’t change our decision. Eventually he comes along. Thank goodness we haven’t gotten far on revolutions and re-votes yet.
We explore the shed and find two green plastic rim-like structures. (Actually, these are the plastic “rolls” that our Christmas lights came on.) The group thinks they might be perfect for making the rim. I ask them how we could attach it to the tire.
After some thought, they think of tape and wire. We decide to get some wire from the atelier and use it to connect the ‘rims’ to the tire. (Surprise! Tape again. Thanks a lot, Teacher tom! Wait until you see our….artistic…..tape sculpture that the two’s have made.)
Next week we will have to brain-storm and problem-solve. We might also need to make some compromises… it is possible that our tractor might be a stationary one rather than a mobile one if some construction issues can’t be solved. Will this be acceptable? The long term goal for this group has consistently been to create a mobile tractor and all non-mobile models created in the atelier have not been acceptable.
