HOW TO CONSTRUCT a D CELL BATTERY HOLDER

OBJECT:

How to construct a D cell Battery Holder. That will be needed for several experiments.

MATERIALS:

SAFETY FIRST: I would suggest that your parents do any cutting, plastic is a little difficult to cut, and there is a possibility of injury to small fingers. A large section of plastic from a plastic gallon milk container or water container, measuring 7 inches high by 3 and 3/4 inches wide, Safety Scissors, Fine point magic marker, Paper hole punch, Two paper clips, Stapler, Pliers.

PROCEDURE:

1. See above diagram and study it for a few seconds. The whole idea, is to construct a plastic box, which means you will have to make bends, indicated by the lines on the plastic.

2. Remove a large section of one side of a plastic gallon size container, measuring 7 inches high by 3 and 3/4 inches wide. Using your fine point magic marker, divided the large section into the small sections indicated by the DIAGRAM # 1. Label your sections accordingly as indicated in DIAGRAM # 1. Make your four cuts as indicated in the diagram #1 ( the very dark lines ). Next using your hole punch, make four holes in Section A2, as indicated, in the diagram. Next proceed to Section B1 and make your hole, then proceed to the line that separates Section B1 and B2 Section, as indicated in the diagram, and make your hole with the hole punch. Repeat this procedure for Section B5 and the line that separates B5 and B4, again refer to the Diagram # 1.

3. Proceed to make your folds indicated by the lines, first by using your hands and fingers, and repeating the procedure with a pair of pliers, reinforcing the bends.

4. Now look at the modified PAPER CLIP at the far Left of the Diagram 2. You will need two modified PAPER CLIPS. With a pair of pliers, take a hold of the small section of the paper clip and bend it down, flatten the small section so that it is ALMOST touching the back section of the small paper clip. If you happen to make it FLAT with the bottom section, you then will have to get an instrument and make a small gap between the TOP and BOTTOM section of the paper clip.

5. Take your modified PAPER CLIP and place it between the FOLD of B1 and B2, so that the top of the paper clip, is forced through the hole. Now, withdraw the paper clip slowly through the hole in the fold, until you are able to slide it ( the small modified section only ) back into the center hole located in section B1. Such that the modified small section is slightly wedged in the hole in B1, and being held back by the the large part of the paper clip. Now open your fold and making sure that small part of the paper clip is wedged above the hole and the larger part of the paper clip is below the hole. Take your pliers and make a RIGHT hand bend in the TOP PART of the paper clip, as shown in the diagram.

6. Check to see if your paper clip is in the right position as described above, refold B1 and B2 and put a staples on both sides of the hole, as shown in the diagram.

7. Repeat the same procedure for the other PAPER CLIP, which would be located between fold B5 and B4. Don't forget the staples.

8. Proceed in making your box, by folding Section A2 in front of B1,2; Don't forget that Section A4 goes in back of B4,5.

9. Continue by folding the last Section C, such that it looks like the picture in Diagram 3.

10. Holding the box with your hand and fingers by repositioning the sides of the box to make it as compact as possible. Try to place your stapler inside the box, and from the inside staple Section A3, the staple should come out through Section C1, as shown in the Diagram 3. Note: Staple shown as a single line, means that the staple has gone into the object, staple with two small sections, means that staple has come out! Again repeat the same procedure for the other side, as seen in the Diagram 3.

11. You are not working in stone, so you can rework any section that needs work, or trimming of the plastic sides, so that you have a tight, compact box for your D cell battery.

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