Write it Do it at socal was a lil' iffy during county.
We had this mobile thing. With string attached, and objects.....
Luckily, we didn't have to go build the mobile itself.
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Re: Write it Do it
You should defiinately start with KNEX, since it is the hardest of the building toys, and once you've done it and developed a system for every possible aspect, you can write/build almost anything using the same systems. You should also practice with the other stuff, including lots of non building toys, but KNEX is very,very, very helpful.
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tinker toys will help greatly
The 10 most important two letter words.
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Tinker toys are basically just an easier version of knex though in terms of writing
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Don't forget, we used a hacksaw, too.haven chuck wrote:We tried building one out of chairs, a table, bungee cords, a textbook and KNEX, but failed horribly in the "doing" portion. Today, we did a marshmellow/toothpick structure, which worked very well.
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Wow. thats a pretty intense structure. that would...almost involve safety glasses for this event. sweet.
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Re: Write it Do it
yeah my team sucked when we used balsa wood tape and a close pin to pratice on
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It is not complicated but in order to medal you need to develop a system that works between both partners so it can take a lot of practice.
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Make sure your writer is a very structure oriented person. by that i mean he/she must think about details and describe the structure so that someone else besides themselves can put it together. its hard to imagine, i think, but everyone seems to have their own way of phrasing things and usually only the individual can understand it. thats the challenge of this event, i suppose
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