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How to Make an Abstract Bull’s Head

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How to Make anAbstract Bull’s Head

Joseph KardosENG 352-004 Technical WritingFebruary 17, 2009

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Table of Contents

Reflection.............................................................................................................................1Building Your Abstract Bull’s Head...................................................................................2

Parts:................................................................................................................................2Directions:........................................................................................................................2

Photos..................................................................................................................................4

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Reflection

In designing and writing directions about an object someone else had to build, my

application of the knowledge and techniques gained in class suited me well. After

observing the objects recreated three times, it appeared that no tester had any

issue because each object was built correctly and could not be differentiated from

one another. I attribute the success of the written directions to its simple design

and layout of written directions, both of which I previously concluded from class.

Knowing that three students would be testing my directions in building the object,

I designed something that possessed very little skill in construction. The student

did not have to cut, draw, trace, or apply any skill that differs from person to

person. The only skills required were stacking and taping, which I believed were

minimal skills that would allow for all three results to look extremely similar. In

building other students’ objects, I found objects that required a decent amount of

drawing and cutting to be the least consistent and reassuring when I compared my

result with the other two tests.

An organized layout of directions also assisted the students in testing the object.

After learning about the value of short steps spaced evenly from one another, I did

just that, making sure the appearance of the written directions did not detract from

understanding them. I also found that a parts section is additionally helpful, since

it acts as a reference as the student comes across the parts within the written

directions. In testing the directions of other students, I found that I was most

successful when the layout did not detract from understanding the directions. In

one test, I found the amount of text without spacing very distracting, complicating

my ability to understand how to build the object.

Upon completion of each test and the project as a whole, I was extremely satisfied

with the accuracy of each construction and the successfulness of the directions.

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Building Your Abstract Bull’s Head

Parts:

Empty PowerAde Bottle

Red Cup

CD-R Disc

1 Spoon

2 Forks

Geico Caveman Coaster

Green Cup

Scotch Tape

Directions:

1. Place PowerAde bottle on table standing up.

2. Place red cup upside down on top of standing PowerAde bottle. The

bottom of the cup should be at the top.

3. Hold the spoon so that the spoon is vertical, the handle is at the top, and

the bottom round portion of the spoon is concave to you.

4. Take the CD-R Disc and place it onto the spoon so that the handle of the

spoon fits through the hole of the disc. The CD-R should go down until

the spoon becomes too wide and stops the disc. Make sure the label-side

of the disc is facing you.

5. Using a straight piece of tape, tape the spoon’s handle (the flat side) to the

side of the red cup, keeping the vertical orientation of the spoon and CD-R

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disc from step 4. The top of the handle should not stick up past the top of

the cup.

6. Take the Geico Caveman coaster and tape the coaster to the top of the red

cup. Tape can be applied by making a loop of it and using it to connect

both the bottom of the red cup and the center of the coaster. It does not

matter what side of the coaster is facing up, but make sure the coaster is

centered on top of the red cup.

7. Take both forks and tape them (with a couple straight piece of tape) 180

degrees from each other on top of the coaster, so that the prongs of each

fork are touching but not intersecting each other. The forks should be

oriented perpendicular to the direction of the spoon and CD-R disc. The

forks should also be bending upwards, so that when properly placed, the

forks resemble a bull’s horns.

8. Place the green cup upside down on top of the fork prongs and coaster.

The cup should be centered. The green cup can be tape if desired, but it is

not required.

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Photos

Original Photo

Test #1

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Test #1, Test #2, and Test #3All three tests were correctly made

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