Today we all worked from 11AM to 11PM, that's 12 hours. At first, we didn't know how to continue because we needed many new parts so we just talked about our project and bounced some ideas around. Anisha came up with a few new ideas to better enhance our device. She was still really interested in using some kind of bike or crank so whoever is pulling the ropes doesn't have to use as much arm strength to lift the scooper. We'll see what happens with this idea.

We brainstormed a little more on how to make our device better. When we had come up with a list of parts to buy Matthew's mom took us to OSH.

Here's our list:

-10 ABS adapters (either 3 in. or bigger sizes)
-new scoop because the handle broke part of our current scoop
-tubes
-more or different wood for the hopper
-PVC washer/nut thing
-dowel for handle
-second pulley
-PVC extender (w/ short threads)
-black tape (for costumes)
-container for top of hopper
-PVC glue

This was our initial list and as we were walking around OSH we got many different ideas. We ended up buying two PVC pipes for the handles and getting a piece of wood for the top of the hopper instead of a plastic container. We also got bigger and thicker hooks for the pulleys to make sure that there isn't too much strain on the wood or the hooks while we lift sand during the challenge. We also got new PVC tubes for both sides of the green flexible tube to make sure there's enough room for the sand to get through on both sides (at the scoop and at the end of the green tube).

When we got back to my house we made the whole hopper with all the parts, attached the handles to the scooper, drilled in the new hooks, attached the new pulley, and connected the new tubes to both sides of the green tube.