This weekend, we made our first prototype ice box! We bought materials from Home Depot then got to work at the Hillel center, where we used Jasons awesome power tools to build our box. Below are the pictures of our progress.
We began by cutting the lexan panes so as to make an 8"x8"x8" cube inside that would hold the vaccines:
Then we tried to cut the polystyrene, but the wire cutter would not work, as the wire had an enamel coating on it...So we tried to burn off the coating:
Then we decided to use the circular saw to cut the insulation, and it worked really well. We then embedded the lexan panes into the polystyrene and secured it with liquid nails:
Next, we put the rest of the insulation around the inside lexan cube and made a top to fit the box:
Finally, Sahil and Jason finished the box off by putting the corrugated plastic pieces around the outside:
The building team made really good progress this weekend. By building the box, we found out how to use all the tools, what works, and what does not. Now we can use this box to simulate ice box experiments that will model our actual final prototype!
-Ravi
