Update

We are not using a pulley to pull up the walls, instead we're going to make a gate attached to the tank using hinges, and can open like a gate to let the boat through. We cut out two pieces of the plastic glass to make the gates.

We used plastic glass to make the tank instead of using wood or finding a tank. It was A LOT OF WORK.

We need something to seal the open space beside and under the gate so that the water doesn't leak into the other sector unintentionally.
                                    
                                ~Jisu

Getting a Better Understanding of Locks

   I decided to upload these diagrams and pictures of locks.
   Since It took me a while to getting a clear understanding of what a lock is and how it really works. So I thought it'd be more helpful for me to post this. To recap in case tou guys forgot or still don't understand ~ ;)
   Our lock system is going to look similar to the second diagram.

~Jisu

Real Life Locks (water transport)

   These are just some pictures of lock systems in real life, if you were wondering; these are some examples of how lock look like in real life. I'm pretty sure I've actually seen one in real life before when I went on trips and vacations with my family. Back then, I didn't know it was a lock and didn't know what it was used for, but now I know what is it and even making a model of it. ;)

1) The first photo is a canal lock on beside a cottage in the Grand Union Canal at Marsworth in Hertfordshire, England.

2) The second photo is a lock on a River Necker at Heidelberg, Germany.

3) The last photo is a lock called "Lock 21", the Peterborough Life Lock. The body of water is 145km and the lock is 36.6m in length and 9.7m in width. The average lift is 19.8m. It is one of the only two hydraulic lift locks on the waterway in Canada. Lock 21 is the highest lift lock in the world. It was opened in July 9th, 1904 in 353 Hunter Street East, Peterborough.

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~Jisu

So Far...

   So, Tiff and I have done research about Lock Hydraulic system and we made design plans, diagrams, gifs, and videos. We have the purpose, how the lock works. We started thinking about the materials we need to use and we're going to try to get them ASAP.

   We're going to use a big see through tank for our lock system. We are simply just going to put more water on one sector then the other to create different levels of water. But we're not 100% sure yet. We're still thinking of ideas and what to use and how to use materials for the lock system.
   We're going to fill the tank with different levels of water, then seperate it using a wall.
   We have to use syringes and tubes to transport water from each section of the water to create the same levels of water.
   Then finally the boat can travel perfectly!
Thanks to Tiff for the animation design plan.
Now we have to find materials and how we are going to use them. I will post again for more updates!

If you want to learn more about hydraulic lock systems, check out this website:
- http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/qc/saintours/natcul/ecluses-locks.aspx
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_(water_transport)

lmao I feel like im blogging to a lot of people but im not :p anyways baiii cya l8r

                                                               ~Jisu

**UPDATED ANIMATION FROM UPDATED DESIGN PLAN**

lmao thnx google for auto creation. 

UPDATE ON DESIGN PLAN - EXPLANATION BELOW **THERE WILL BE AN ANIMATION AS WELL**

 The boat starts at one end and then moves towards the first door.

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 Then, we will include a pulley system in it to lift the doors so we won't have to actually use our hands to lift them.

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 Now the boat will move inside of the lock so that the water elevation can be elevated.

 The first door will come back down so that the water will be able to become elevated.

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 Pen: Syringe
Pencil soft thingys I need to write: Tube

Now, what I am planning to do is have multiple syringes and tubes. I will take water from the first section of water where the boat first started, and connect the syringes to the tubes and transfer the water into the lock section. (If that is allowed)

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 The water is now elevated. Now I lift the second door with the pulley to allow the boat to go through, and leave the lock.

Voila! Yeah...animation will be up soon k bye

Materials

What we are planning for materials are

•A see through tank

•Syringes (10)

•Tubes (5)

•Boat

•Slideable doors (pull up & down)

•Pulley (&Gears and Wheel)
•Water
•Hot Glue Gun
 •Scissors
•Elastic Bands

REST WILL BE ANNOUNCED

~Tiff

Drawn Diagram of Lock

This is a diagram that Jisu drew of the lock. Under it, she wrote a brief description for the purpose of the lock and how it works.

Zoom in:

Purpose - to help the boat safey cross the water when the water level changes.

How it works - it helps the boat cross the water by levelling out the water. The walls move up or down to match the water and we are using the syringes to transfer water from one place to another to even out the water levels. Therefore the boat can travel straight, smoothly, and safety.

                                                - Jisu💕