{"id":47,"date":"2018-08-14T16:18:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T16:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/65-tiger-cub\/?p=47"},"modified":"2018-08-15T13:37:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:37:23","slug":"march-3rd-ali-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/65-tiger-cub\/2018\/08\/14\/march-3rd-ali-w\/","title":{"rendered":"March 3rd &#8211; Ali W."},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Report on shop class last time:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Bottom End<\/strong>:\u00a0learned about the oil system and took inventory of parts<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Electrical<\/strong>: fixing and restoring wires; stripped wires for main electrical assembly; sautered new connection on previous year\u2019s bike to fix ignition system<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Clutch &amp; Transmission<\/strong>:\u00a0used parts-cleaner to clean clutch and transmission parts; reorganized parts and took inventory<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Top End<\/strong>:\u00a0dyed the valve seats blue, cut valve seats (lapped with a compound) \u2192 help surfaces fit well together by grinding valve into seat (seat is soft and the valve is hard); made sure that push rods were \u201ctrue\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Fork<\/strong>:\u00a0organizing parts &amp; taking inventory; understanding structure<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Fasteners:<\/strong>\u00a0cleaned out rear-wheel hub with a tap and yield, measured threads, prepared rear-wheel hub for painting<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Wheels:<\/strong>\u00a0cleaned and polished spokes<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Frame<\/strong>:\u00a0took apart kickstand, sand-blasted, and cleaned; cleaned brake-plates; prepare materials for powder-coating<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Discussion<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><em>Chapters 9 &amp; 10 of Zen &amp; the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Chapter 9 &#8211; Leader: Parker<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Motorcycle References:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Spark Plugs &#8211;\u00a0\u201cmechanic removes the plug and lays it against the engine. . . and watches the gap for a blue spark\u201d (107);\u00a0\u00a0troubleshooting the electrical system using scientific method; color of the spark is very important (want a bright blue spark)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Engine Misfire &#8211;\u00a0how you would know: series of \u201cbangs\u201d and \u201cpops\u201d, may miss entirely<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Storyline:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Inductive and Deductive reasoning \u2192 setting foundation for philosophy and content in Chapter 10<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Methodology for troubleshooting motorcycles through use of the scientific method<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThey are using the experiment as part of a program to expand their hierarchy of knowledge of the faculty motorcycle and compare it to the correct hierarchy in their minds.\u201d (108)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cOne learns just as much from failure as they do from success\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Scientific method with a purpose<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Chapter 10 &#8211; Leader: Jenny<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">No direct motorcycle references<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Storyline:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Philosophy about the scientific method and its purpose<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Things that you prove are temporal as you are likely to reveal more information as you learn more<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Epistemology (the theory of knowledge) takes a strong foundation as the driving force in this chapter<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Scientists versus philosophers as philosophers try to explain science<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Scientists maintain an open mind as the hypothesis is always changing \u2192 seeking truth (\u201cthe truth of yesterday may not be the same as the truth of tomorrow\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Homework<\/strong>:<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>None\u00a0<\/strong>\u2192 will continue reading after Spring Break<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There will be class next week, but no reading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report on shop class last time: Bottom End:\u00a0learned about the oil system and took inventory of parts Electrical: fixing and restoring wires; stripped wires for main electrical assembly; sautered new connection on previous year\u2019s bike to fix ignition system Clutch &amp; Transmission:\u00a0used parts-cleaner to clean clutch and transmission parts; reorganized parts and took inventory Top &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/65-tiger-cub\/2018\/08\/14\/march-3rd-ali-w\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;March 3rd &#8211; Ali W.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/65-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/65-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/65-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/65-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/65-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/65-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/65-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/65-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/65-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/65-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}