Bennett Artman

My roller coaster project wasn't particularly difficult during the construction process. A friend's father provide much of the materials I would need. He gave me a piece of plywood and an industrial glue gun from his shop which I immediately put to use. With the glue gun I attached the dowels for the first drop, after letting them dry I attached some of the polyetheline tubing with duct tape for the track. I then tested loop heights to follow the drop of the coaster. I used my ball bearing to test the height, and when I was done I made a short distance of track to finsh the coaster. I then made two slits in my tubing. In these slits I placed fake credit card pieces for stopping and starting gates. When I was done with the technical work I got on the computer to type a key and my name. I printed these out and mounted them onto the coaster base while also mounting the labels. I did not find this hard, but I did think it took a while. It was a dreaded project, but turned out to be fun.