Week 6

We have implemented finished copper railed onto the wayside. Previous week, we drilled holes and cut the copper rail into the shape wanted for a better connection. This week we started to put up the copper rails.  Our initial plan was to carve out a rectangular section in the inside of the pvc so that the copper backing that holds two joining copper rails together would be flush with pvc pipe.  However, we realized that this design was way to time-consuming.  Instead, we decided to not carve or cut any of the insides of the pvc pipes.  We just screwed the rectangular copper joint to the other side of the pipe.  This rectagular copper piece is needed to ensure that the copper sections are always connected electrically even if they are not visibly touching.  It takes awhile to put up the copper rails because of unexpected flaws. There are usually problems that occur while working on the rail.