For this weeks blog post I will be writing about what I did in tech class this week. This week, I built a paper crank. I’m going to walk you through the process! First, I cut out all the materials on the paper that we were provided with and used my slice cutter to cut out smaller pieces. Next, I assembled the box where the crank would sit in by folding with rulers and gluing different parts together. Right after that I created the smaller pieces for the crank by folding and gluing them. Then I glued all the smaller pieces, besides two pieces that got glued together, and put them through the whole of a bigger part of the crank. Next, I glued the two pieces that were already glued together to the pieces that went through the whole of a bigger piece. Now it was time to put it in the box! I put the big piece through a square at the top of the box and the two sides that stuck out from it in two opposite circles. For the second to last step, I put two circular pieces around the ends of the axles to help prevent them from moving around incorrectly. Lastly, I glued a wheel on the axle’s right side that would allow you to spin the crank. Overall, I had a really fun time doing this project. It was much quicker to do than the last project we did (cams) because I already had similar experiences. I hope to do more fun projects like this soon.