SKYVENTURE

OK SO IF YOU ARE EVER IN ORLANDO FLORIDA, ALL YOU EVER HEAR ABOUT IS DISNEY AND UNIVERSAL AND OTHER TOURIST TRAPS BUT SKY DIVING IS PROBABLY THE BEST TRAP TO EVER FALL INTO! IT IS ACTUALLY COSTS ABOUT THE SAME IF NOT LOWER THAN A PARK TICKET, BUT THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN ANY COASTER OR RIDE IN ANY OF THE DISNEY/UNIVERSAL PARK! AFTER GETTING SUITED UP, YOU JUMP INTO A VERTICAL WIND TUNNEL THAT SIMULATES FREE-FALL! EACH RUN IS THE SAME AS ONE ACTUAL JUMP AND YOU GET TWO RUNS! AND THE GREAT THING IS THAT IT REALLY IS NOT ALL THAT MUCH TOURISTY! YOU DO NEED TO CALL FOR RESERVATIONS IN THE HOLIDAY SEASONS THOUGH. THIS PLACE IS COMPLETELY LEGIT THOUGH, PROFESSIONAL SKY DIVE TEAMS AND EVEN THE MILITARY USE THIS PLACE TO PRACTICE BECAUSE IT IS A WHOLE LOT CHEAPER THAN GOING UP IN PLANES HUNDREDS OF TIMES! I HAVE RIDDEN EVERY RIDE AT BOTH UNIVERSAL AND DISNEY PARKS IN ORLANDO AND THIS IS THE ALL-TIME BEST THING TO DO EVER! 

EARLY MORNINGS

SO ON MONDAY APRIL 5TH, WE WOKE UP AT 12AM TO DRIVE FROM ORLANDO TO TITUSVILLE, FL TO GO TO SPACE VIEW PARK TO SEE THE SHUTTLE LAUNCH! IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST EPIC THING I HAVE EVER SEEN! THE ENGINES LIGHT UP THE SKY ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU COULD READ A NEWSPAPER IF YOU WANTED TO! A SHORT WHILE AFTER YOU SEE IT, YOU HEAR AND FEEL IT. THE RUMBLE IS HEARD AND YOU CAN FEEL THE AIR PULSING AROUND YOU! ONCE IT IS HIGHER, THE BOOSTERS FALL OFF, AND THEY ARE OFF TO SPACE AND AN AWESOME GLOW APPEARS AROUND THE SHUTTLE WHEN IT IS EXITING THE ATMOSPHERE. THE LAUNCH WAS AT 6, BUT WE HAD TO BE THERE AT 3 TO EVEN GET A PARKING SPACE! AFTER SOME CAMERA TROUBLES, THESE ARE THE BEST PICTURES I HAVE.

SHAFT BEARING

THIS WAS... FUN! VERY COMPLICATED WITH TONS OF BOOK ERRORS. THIS DRAWING INCLUDES A FULL SIDE VIEW,  PARTIAL FRONT, SIDE AUXILARY AND A BREAK VIEW! GLAD WHOEVER'S SHAFT NOW HAS A BEARING BRAKET!

SLOT BRACKET

THIS IS ANOTHER FUN DRAWING TO PRACTICE AUXILARY VIEWS. I ACTUALLY MESSED UP AND MISS-READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND THE TOP VIEW WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PARTIAL BUT I MADE IT FULL. DEFINATLY HAD FUN WITH THE COUNTER-SUNK HOLES IN THAT VIEW!

AUXILARY VIEW

THIS IS THE FIRST AUTO CAD DRAWING OF THE AUXILARY VIEW SECTION.

VANCOUVER 2010

THESE ARE THE TOP MEDAL COUNTS FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS AS OF THE CLOSING CEREMONIES!

MAPS

TODAY WE TESTED OUT ESRI'S MAPPING TOOL. WE USED IT TO FIND THE GENRAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE SCHOOLS OUR BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYED.

10-49

THIS IS A FUN DRAWING. IT IS A GENERAL DRAWING OF AN EYE HOOK THAT DISPLAYS FOUR DIFFERENT SIZE OF EYE HOOKS, EACH HAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS. MR. REECE WANTED US TO PUT THE TABLE IN AS AN AUTOCAD TABLE BUT I DID IT IN EXCEL ANYWAYS THEN LATER EXPIREMENTED WITH THE IMPORT LINKS WITHIN AUTOCAD. EVENTUALLY I GOT IT FIGURED OUT AND THERE IT IS! I PREFER EXCEL BECAUSE IT IS MORE USER FRIENDLY THAN AUTOCAD'S REPLICA OF IT.

10-47

THIS IS THE DRAWING OF THE WEEK. I HAD SOME PROBLEMS EXPORTING THE IMAGE, SO I DID IT IN MODEL SPACE INSTEAD OF THE SHEET. THIS ONE HAD A LOT OF HOLES SO A TABLE WAS USED TO DIMENSION IT. I WAS JUST GLAD I KNOW ABOUT THE MIRROR COMMAND SO I ONLY DREW THE TOP HALF AND MIRRORED IT DOWN.

FIRE AND WATER

I MAINLY JUST THOUGHT THIS PICTURE WAS REALLY COOL AND WANTED EVERYONE ELSE TO SEE IT!

EC2-3

THE LAST DRAWING I POSTED WAS NOT VERY VISIBLE SO NOW THIS IS BETTER.

FIRST POST

THIS SEMESTER AT WHEELER HIGH SCHOOL, I AM IN ENGINEERING GRAPHICS, THE SECOND OF MY DRAFTING CLASSES WITH MR. REECE! IN THIS CLASS I EXPECT TO LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP SKILLES IN DIMESIONING, TOLERANCEING, PICTORIALS, AUXILIARY VIEWS, INTERSECTIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS. THIS CLASS FITS IN TO MY EDUCATION PLANS BECAUSE SOME TIME LATER IN LIFE, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PROPERLY DRAW OUT AND DESIGN MECHANICAL PARTS USED IN THE WORLD.