During the feedback from our peers at the beginning of the week, we heard concerns about the pucks getting lost and the kids having to get them from the back of the sjoelbak.
Because of this, we came up with an idea to create a system to bring the pucks back to the start without the kids having to get them.
After some brainstorming and getting help, we came up with an idea. We started with the second-hand sjoelbak we bought, but we made some adjustments. From here, we began building. During the process, we had to test various things and make changes where necessary.
We started by making the sjoelbak shorter. The original one was 2 meters long, which is too long for children. We reduced the length to 1.2 meters, a more common size for kids' sjoelbak boards.
We removed the back section where the slots are divided. This is where we started building our system.
Initially, we created a system where the pucks fall down and are guided into the small gutter. However, we had to adjust this several times to make sure the pucks would fall into the small gutter as planned. After a few attempts, we noticed that some pucks didn't fall the way we wanted. We also came up with a new idea to ensure the system worked properly and was stronger.
We redesigned it so that the pucks would slide down and fall into the small gutter, allowing them to roll back to the start of the sjoelbak.
At the end of the small gutter, we built a feature to keep the pucks in place so the kids could easily collect them.