Another stupid school project ... my kid has to build a "grape smasher"

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  • FMCoug
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 6825

    #1

    Another stupid school project ... my kid has to build a "grape smasher"

    using 3 simple machines (i.e. wheel, pulley, wedge, etc.)

    Any bright ideas out there? 3rd grade btw so it doesn't have to be very complex.
    "It's true that everything happens for a reason. Just remember that sometimes that reason is that you did something really, really, stupid."
  • RC Vikings
    Known Heterosexual
    • Nov 2008
    • 8788

    #2
    Is the school teaching them how to make wine?

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    • FMCoug
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2008
      • 6825

      #3
      Originally posted by RC Vikings View Post
      Is the school teaching them how to make wine?
      Either that or a remake of I Love Lucy.
      "It's true that everything happens for a reason. Just remember that sometimes that reason is that you did something really, really, stupid."

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      • tooblue
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2008
        • 5108

        #4
        Originally posted by RC Vikings View Post
        Is the school teaching them how to make wine?
        Lets hope so, folks in Utah need to loosen up somehow.

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        • FMCoug
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2008
          • 6825

          #5
          Originally posted by tooblue View Post
          Lets hope so, folks in Utah need to loosen up somehow.
          Shhh, beelzebabette might hear you!
          "It's true that everything happens for a reason. Just remember that sometimes that reason is that you did something really, really, stupid."

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          • Tim
            Not Banned
            • Nov 2008
            • 4390

            #6
            A hand-crank turning a series of gears:

            1) a gear attached to a pulley-and-belt system that moves grapes in a direction (like a conveyor belt).

            2) a second gear that turns an axle connected to two wheels positioned next to each other, each of which smashes the grapes as they move down the conveyor belt.

            3) a third gear that turns something that pushes the grapes off of the conveyor belt after they've been smashed, onto an inclined plane, which drops the smashed grapes into a bowl. Maybe another inclined plane at the smashing point that somehow gets the juice into a wine bottle or something.
            Visca Catalunya Lliure

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