{"id":8,"date":"2018-08-09T14:14:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T14:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/?p=8"},"modified":"2018-08-15T13:38:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:38:45","slug":"february-16th-2017-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/2018\/08\/09\/february-16th-2017-day-4\/","title":{"rendered":"February 16th, 2017 (Day 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Agenda:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reflections and learnings from the previous shop class<\/li>\n<li>Discussion of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Design (Chapter 3)<\/li>\n<li>Discussion of Shop Class as Soulcraft (Pages 11-31)<\/li>\n<li>Continue disassembly in shop in sub-teams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reflections and learnings from the previous shop class<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Top and Bottom End Groups- Troubleshooting while taking out sprockets and other specific fasteners in the engine, learning about and avoiding mushrooming.<\/li>\n<li>Clutch- Disassembly and cataloging parts using the manual<\/li>\n<li>Electrical- Looked at a PDF to understand how the electric systems work<\/li>\n<li>Fasteners\/ Carburetor- Researched how a carburetor works, along with some disassembly<\/li>\n<li>Fork- Found all the parts and catalogued them, referring to the manual<\/li>\n<li>Frame- Took the pin out of the swing arm using an arbor press and copper mallet<\/li>\n<li>Wheel- Disassembled front wheel, took out spokes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Design (Chapter 3)<\/p>\n<p>Motorcycle References:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speedometer- Has a magnet which deflect the needle proportional to the speed. Magnetic Breaking uses eddy currents to break<\/li>\n<li>Tachometer- measures angular speed (rev\/min= rpm)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Content:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Interesting to equate the concept ghosts and scientific laws with the argument that both are human invention and &#8220;exist in the mind&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Concept that everything that we &#8220;know&#8221; it true, is actually just invented by us<\/li>\n<li>Idea that lots of philosophy is as much about posing questions and leaving it for the reader to interpret it as it is to answer questions<\/li>\n<li>The philosophical side of the story really comes to light in this chapter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shop Class as Soulcraft (Pages 11-31)<\/p>\n<p>Motorcycle References:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Soldering\/ Braising\/ Welding (in order of effectiveness)<\/li>\n<li>Carbs and Breaks- could identify what was being cleaned by the smell, as each is cleaned with a different solvent<\/li>\n<li>Backfire (explosion outside ignition chamber- flashes coming out of carb) and afterfire (unburnt fuel in the exhaust causes an explosion) have different sounds<\/li>\n<li>Starter Clutch- clutch associated with electric start<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Content:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Theory vs Practice, why is there is a superficial divide between &#8220;thinkers&#8221; and &#8220;doers&#8221;? Divide between intellectuals and tradesmen.<\/li>\n<li>Diagnostic technique- not just hands-on but also intellectual- should equate surgeons to mechanics<\/li>\n<li>Education- decline in vocational education, but now is rising again; standardized tests, knowing factoids is great but you can&#8217;t do\u00a0anything; idea about learning without practice<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Tell them, Show them, Let them do it&#8221;- different people learn differently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shop Time<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Further disassembly and cleaning of parts<\/li>\n<li>Getting an accurate inventory of spare parts and documenting what we need to order<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agenda: Reflections and learnings from the previous shop class Discussion of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Design (Chapter 3) Discussion of Shop Class as Soulcraft (Pages 11-31) Continue disassembly in shop in sub-teams Reflections and learnings from the previous shop class Top and Bottom End Groups- Troubleshooting while taking out sprockets and other specific &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/2018\/08\/09\/february-16th-2017-day-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;February 16th, 2017 (Day 4)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}