On Wednesday, our team had free time from 9am to 5pm, and we used all this free time only for the mecanical fountain (yes, it's longer than it look)
Our objectives was simple, to link the wheel and the base and fix little problems like the stability of the wheel's supports. We know at first our objectives was to have moving characters on the fountain, but as I said in the last log, we found that it was better to a system that work than a beautiful one
So first we wanted to stabilised the wheel's support and to do that i woke up my inner lumberjack and cutted some piece of woods


And now, the hardest part of the whole project : THE LINK !!
First we took measurements for the link's height using a meter (i specify it because it was hard to get this meter in particular)

Then we had to modify the wheel again, so we had to cut more wood, but we used technology this time :
and we made the assembly :
Then to completed the link with the based, we had to laser cutted a small gear (so first we have to design it, and it takes time)
After that, one member of the team had a little crashout because of the very long wait for the laser cutter and the fails etc... :
Then we had to contruct the link :
Finally because the link was unstable we had to stabilize it, using pieces of wood and a screw, so you know what it means :

the lumberjack has returned !!
And this, is the final version of our mecanical fountain :
All the system worked perfecty.
It's crazy to say that but the project is finally over !! (Yes they said 3 weeks we did it in 1 day). It was a long project but the satisfication of finishing it is enormous, we are so happy that first, it work (yes it turns, but i can't upload video on a log) and in second place that we made everything by ourselves, the structures, the systems, the wheel's design everything !
So it's our mecanic fountain !
It's the End of this project, so goodbye, it was my last log, and remember that everything is a gear !! 👋
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