Introduction:

For the Grade 9 Engineering Project, I decided to make a mini guillotine with Patrick.

We plan to follow https://www.instructables.com/Mini-Guillotine/ and change some parts to make it easier.

 

Making the Base:

For the Base, we decided to remove the “foot” because it seemed useless and we made everything else the same as the guide.

 

Making the Table:

For the top of the table, I decided to use cardboard instead of wood because it was easier to cut, and we kept everything else the same.

 

Blade Making :

We could not find any blade the had an angle so we decided to use a broken hinge and sharpen it.

 

Support Parts and Assemble:

We choose to make all the support parts but then realized that most of them were useless later on, so we just ignored them.

 

Success Criteria:

-Make a functioning guillotine(a guillotine that can cut certain softer things)

-Finish the guillotine within the two-week time limit.

-Make a nice-looking guillotine(no visible glue, nothing that looks like it is about to fall apart).