Blog Post #5

By Anonymous -
This past class we attempted yet another record, this time Jacob trying to break it. Despite our lack of practice I'd say we did well. The record we were trying to break required us to rip over 76 parcels of A4 size paper clearly in half. With scavenged scrap paper we lined up 80 pieces, a hopeful amount. With the few leftover pieces we decided to go over ripping technique and efficiency maximization. We decided to line the paper just over the table and for Jacob rip it at the edge. However we didn't get much practice so our results were of our own making. Jacob managed to rip 65 pieces of paper, 11 under the record. Afterwards we analyzed our results and made note of what we did good and what we could improve on. For starters, the paper was reinforced by ink. The paper we had found had on it pictures with lots of ink and that made the paper much harder to rip. After Jacob’s attempt he suggested I give the record a go because during a race to see who was faster at ripping I won. Otherwise our only problem is with the ripping technique and with some practice we are definitely going to improve.

Link to video: World Record Attempt
Image (wouldn't load): Paper Ripping


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