Saterday Navoember 5 2009

Today I was able to get a gage to use to measure the amount of deflection that the bridges will create while they are under the pressure of the loads. This gage will be placed on top of each bridge wile they are being tested and they will help in the final results to find the bridges weight bearing capacity.

Friday December 4 2009

No luck in finding a weight set to test bridges yet.

Tuesday December 1 2009

All bridges have no been completed and they are all ready for testing. The arch bridge was difficult to construct but I made the bridge but first crating the arch then placing push pins at several points along the arch. The arch bridge contains 3 pieces of bass wood on both faces of the bridge.

The next objective is to test them but before i do so, I will obtain a gage(used to measure the deflection created by the bridges them selves during the process of testing). A set of testing weights in pounds as well as a scale for the weighting of the bridges in pounds must all be used before the actual testing.