1. Turbo (I went to Prison in 1979 and Coat-hangers) Eric Lehman Tommy Morgan Chris Agee Matt Edmunds

2. Introduction  Our end result is the release of a guillotine that chops a piece of fruit (or a hamster) in half  We used $24.85 in parts.  Some parts were purchased in the store, but most were found lying around and later modified

3. Turbo (I Went to Prison in 1979 and Coat-hangers) Tommy Matt Chris Eric Turbo (I Went to Prison in 1979 and Coat- hangers)

4. Power Charger Racing  Our first step is to release a giant brass pin.  The pin releases a dowel that is attached to two heavy duty springs. This dowel is placed inside a length of PVC pipe, creating a mighty launcher capable of great velocities.  The launcher shoots a marble (Pretty Pretty Princess) to the next step… the Gorilla  Look at the truck on top!!!

5. Power Charger Racing Brass Pin Truck Spring

6. Gorilla  Gorilla consists of a swing arm attached to a frictionless rollerblade bearing.  Attached to one end is a paddle  The other end has a hook attached.  When Pretty Pretty Princess hits the paddle, the arm swings forward  The hook hits a stick attached to a paddle which activates the next step

7. Gorilla Paddle Bearing Hook Stick and Paddle Wait #1

8. The Waits (Spelling Intentional)  The paddle is balanced on the end of the table with a Wait on top. The slightest nudge sends the first Wait falling to the floor.  The Wait falls off the edge of the table.  This Wait pulls Wait #2, which is attached to a sliding device (the Folgers), off the table  The second Wait is attached to a string which activates our next step.  Two Waits are necessary because we need a long length of string to be pulled to successfully activate our next step

9. The Alpine, Summit, and Señor Valdez  The falling weights pull a string through a series of eye hooks. This string is attached to the spool (Señor Valdez).  The force of the weights dropping pulls the string which cause Señor Valdez to spin and crawl up the tracks (The Alpine).  When Señor Valdez reaches the Summit, our next step is activated.

10. The Alpine, Summit, and Señor Valdez Señor Valdez The Alpine Summit

11. Der Shützen, Whipped Topping, and the American Dream  Señor Valdez knocks a ball bearing off of a dowel rod into a receiver (Whipped Topping)  Whipped Topping has a hole in the bottom that channels the bearing into Der Shützen  Der Shützen is a series of PVC piping cut in half. The ball rolls through a series of tracks, changing direction and altitude.  The ball finally rolls off the end of Der Shützen, which activates our final step

12. Der Shützen, Whipped Topping, and the American Dream Whipped Topping Der Shützen

13. Victor and Bruce  The ball falls onto the mouse trap (Victor).  The mousetrap as attached to a string. This string is tied to a nail. The nail is inserted into two eyehooks with a washer betwixt them  The washer is tied to a 4 lb guillotine blade (BRUCE!!!!).  Victor pulls the nail which releases Bruce’s mighty blade.  The weight of the blade chops a fruit (or the aforementioned hamster) in twain.  CHOPPY CHOPPITY CHOP

14. Victor Der Shützen Victor

15. Brucitty Brucey Bruce Hooray!!!

16. WHY?????  Let’s say you have one fruit (or a hamster) and you have a friend.  You wouldn’t leave you friend out would you?  Place your fruit (or hamster) into our device, and you now have two halves to share.  Hooray!!!

17. Energy Conversions  Power Charger Racing  Elastic Energy: Kinetic Energy  Gorilla  Kinetic Energy: Kinetic Energy  Waits  Kinetic Energy: Gravitational Potential Energy

18. Energy Conversion  Alpine/Summit  Gravitational Potential Energy: Kinetic Energy  Der Shützen  Kinetic Energy: Gravitational Potential Energy  Victor  Gravitational Potential Energy: Kinetic Energy

19. Energy Conversions  Bruce  Gravitational Potential Energy: Two Hamster Halves  Hooray!!!

20. Conclusions  We spent a total of 24 hours over 4 days to complete Turbo.  Good times were had by all  Problems we encountered:  Pulling the spool on the Alpine a correct length  Mounting Der Shützen  Developing the Gorilla  Success?  Yes!

21. Background  One time a homeless man walked up to me at Taco Bell, asked me for some change, and said “I went to prison in 1979 and coathangers”  That’s the story…  No really, it is  That actually happened  Hooray!

22. Prison, 1979, etc…