Wooden water bottle.

Our project was to make a wooden water bottle, to see if it was possible to make a world without plastic bottles. We started with two simple pieces of wood and built on by carving and materializing. We’ll have more details on it later. Our project went as we expected, we just wished that we had more time to build, because our bottle started to leak. We both care about climate change, so we thought we should start small and move on.

One of the challenges we overcame was: making the water bottle without containing any chemicals (Plastic water bottles contain bad chemicals) We needed sticky glue to glue the two pieces of wood together. We overcame this challenge by using wood glue which still has bad chemicals, though not as bad as other glue, which have a lot of bad chemicals.

In the process of learning, we learned how to carve (Chisel) meaning to shape. And the materials needed to make it drinkable. We had to decide carefully on the type of oil we would use to make our water bottle drinkable. We tried to go with simple and limited materials so that it would be easy to make than actual working machines. If we had more time, we would probably brainstorm more on how to put the two pieces of wood together. We had to use wood glue at the very end. Our project was more specific to make since we tried to use materials that were not used that common in this age. I would recommend to others that if you’re doing a project that you really do care about; go in a zone that would best fit you and your project will be outstanding.

Our estimate of money for this project was $10 for the purchase of an oil that would make sure that the water bottle would be drinkable. A link that we used that was very helpful to our project was a youtube video on the basics of carving and shaping.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-eLQEx2tDA