Sonoco - Formatube

Lesley's dad kindly went and collected the tubes (our central core) yesterday morning from Sonoco in Henderson.




Sonoco factory, where we got our tubes

 





Worker getting our tubes

 




This is how we intend to cut our tube

 
 


Jack & Lesley taping the paper to the tube enabling us to have a straight line to half the tube

   


Inside of the tube

 



Tubes delivered to workshop





Jack shows you a bit about scale...

 

clamped the tube down onto a table, so we can draw a line then cut in half with a jigsaw

EDL Fasteners

Yesterday we received our bolts that we're joining our layers with from EDL Fasteners.

Dimensions: M10 x 160




 


We laid them all out... hahaha

 

Bearings!!

Today we went to our sponsor Auckland Bearings to get some bearings to see whether they fit into our rods.


Unfortunately due to the little edges on the reinforced steel, which makes an extra 1-2mm bigger than the bearings themselves, we're now resulting to possibly find some rods with a smooth surface.


However, here are some photos of the things we're going to use: 

Rings we might need to use to secure our bearings in its place

Reinforced Steel Rods



Reinforced steel rods, proudly sponsored by Bunnings Mt. Roskill