Create Day 1:

On day one, we spent most of our time planning our project. After that, Patrick started making the base for the guillotine, and I made the table. We combined the two parts before class ended.

Create Day 2:

We spent most of the class making the different support parts. The side support(the long stick with the middle cut out, it looks like the letter “U” on the side) was especially tough to make, and we had to ask for help making this part.

Create Day 3:

We began making the blade part of the guillotine; since we could not find a suitable blade part, we had to sharpen one ourselves. An obstacle we encountered when making the blade was drilling holes in the blade part to stabilize the blade on wood.

Create Day 4:

We finished making the blade part, started testing the blade, made the counterweights, and made the pulley support. I had to remake the pulley support a few times because the wood kept splitting apart while drilling.

Create Day 5:

This is the last day. We started assembling all the parts together. I tried using wood glue for most parts, but it turned out that it was not as efficient as I thought, so we used hot glue instead. Gluing the pieces took longer than we thought, and we were running out of time. Since we had so little time, we removed many support parts, such as the pulley support and the diagonal support bar on the side. We were able to complete the guillotine before class ended. In my opinion, the guillotine is incomplete because many parts were removed, and it needs to be neater to be considered a good project.