Blog Post #6 – Tech 7 – Properties and Bells

For this post, I will be talking about a video I watched on how bells are made. There are many types of bells, boxing bells, jingle bells, cowbells, etc. The one thing each of these types of bells has in common is that they all make a unique sound based on the shape of the bell. For example, jingle bells make a festive jingle sound due to a ball bearing within the flower shell that forms the iconic shape of this bell. There many properties that are applicable to bells, and I choose some of them. First, bells are very malleable, meaning you can strike them with a hammer or put it under some sore of hydraulic machine, and it will sort of form that bell. Bells have a high malleability. Another property is formability, which shows how durable the material is. In this case, like the last, you can easily hammer or dent bells. Bells have high formability. The last property I have is acoustic or sonorous. Obviously, bells are known for making a sound when they are struck. Sonorous means that it can make a sound if you hit it, and so bells are very sonorous. Below are some images of bells and how they are made.

Sleigh Bells - Nickel Plated | Bevin Bros

Classic Boxing Bell | Brass Bell, NYSE, boxing bell | Uncommon Goods

Bell Making | Getty Images Gallery

Blog Post #5 – Tech 7 – PC’s

For this post, I thought I would maybe step away from the project I have been working on as there has been no real progress and I need to pick up my materials. For this post, I wanted to write about my new interest in PC’s and how I am going to be building a gaming PC. I am somewhat of a techie and I love learning about tech and how the devices we use in our everyday lives actually work, and such is the same as PCs. The first and most important part of the PC is the CPU, which is the brain of the computer itself. There are many variants, some faster, some slower. How fast one is based off of its clock speed, measured in hertz, and its cores and threads. There are more components that make up the CPU itself, but I don’t really want to dive into it. Next is the motherboard, which is a big circuit-board that houses the CPU, GPU, all your ports like fan headers and SATA ports, RAM, M.2 SSD’s, and much more. There are many more components, but the real thing I wanted to explain in this post is how cool PC’s really are and how interesting they can be.

How to build your own gaming PC: STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE - Business Insider