Week four

    This week was a little harder than all the others. We finally found the angles at which we should cut the diagonal part. The angles which we used are: Top left corner: 28 degrees. The bottom right corner: 152 degrees. We are planning on putting cinder blocks at the bottom of the Solar Still. The reasoning behind this is so we could put five gallon buckets underneath for the overfill pipe. If I haven't mentioned before, instead of plastic bags, we are using a thicker, clear sheet of plastic. They should both work, but the one we are using should work better.


         I haven't taken my own pictures, but some group members sent me some, so I will show those to you. Instead of a black bottom with a wall, we are using two black tubs. (also shown in the pictures) It was hard building this so far, but we're not done yet. Also, if you notice the plywood underneath the tub, that is a modification we made. We are still working hard, and none of us have been pulled. Tomorrow we are planning on making the angle on which the water will slide off the plywood. That's right, we are ditching the two tub idea, and having just one with water going down. I am excited for that


(May 3) Today we put on the plastic over the plywood, so it wouldn't get moldy. After that, we realized that we needed different staples. So, we took off the sheet, cut another one out, and put it on. After spraying it down (to test it), we noticed that some wood was wet. There were three holes in the plastic. We decided to ditch the plastic idea, for our unknowing if there were more holes in the other plastic, and used a tarp. That worked great! We drilled the plywood to the top of the solar still, under the wood if that makes any sense. If you don't get it, I will take pictures next week. Farewell