Here we have my GCSE final piece for Fulford school, we were given a digital clock no larger than my or your hand and was briefed to design and build something to contain the clock to make it marketable, however the catch that made this challenging was that the the back of the clock must be accessible due to the buttons that change the time being located there and the battery which will eventually need too be changed. when everyone else was building a clock that could fit in a foot and a half square box, I was being more adventures and ended up with a piece that when fully extended reached 5 and a half feet. To stabilize this I needed a heavy base so i used a hollow steel ball with a hole cut in to put in the pole, welded in, and sealed, with three small solid steel balls welded to the base of the hollow sphere. Being ambitious as I was meant I needed to spend all my lunchtimes in the workshop finishing my piece for almost a month, however this was well worth it to see the final result and to receive my A* for making.
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