{"id":19713,"date":"2024-04-11T08:06:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/?p=19713"},"modified":"2024-04-11T08:06:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:06:16","slug":"how-can-i-make-my-own-hoop-bumper-to-use-with-a-vernier-force-sensor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/19713","title":{"rendered":"How can I make my own hoop bumper to use with a Vernier force sensor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here is what you will need for each bumper&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>light-weight metal band<strong>*<\/strong> \u2014 12 inches long and ~3\/8 inches wide<\/li>\n<li>drill with 1\/8 inch drill bit (for drilling through metal)<\/li>\n<li>tape &#8211; duct, electrical, or masking tape <\/li>\n<li>1 inch, 6-32 thread machine bolt<\/li>\n<li>washer that fits your bolt<\/li>\n<li>2 nuts that fit your bolt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here is how to build it&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Drill a 1\/8 inch hole 1 inch from each end of the metal band.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Bend your metal to form a circle aligning the drilled holes.<\/li>\n<li>Place the washer on the bolt, then place the bolt, head side inside the circle, though the aligned holes.<\/li>\n<li>Use one nut to secure the bolt to the hoop.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Tape down the overlap ends of the &#8220;hoop&#8221; to help the hoop keep its shape when compressed. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Place the second nut on the bolt as it will be used to tighten the hoop to the force sensor without having to loosen the nut that is holding the hoop together.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Don&#8217;t what to make your own?<\/h3>\n<p>You can purchase our bumpers &#8211; see <a href=\"\/product\/hoop-bumpers-for-bumper-and-launcher-kit\/\">Hoop Bumpers for Bumper and Launcher Kit<\/a> (<nobr>HOOPS-BLK<\/nobr>)<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>*<\/strong>The metal needs to be flexible enough to be able to easily form a 10 inch circle without permanently deforming the metal. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is what you will need for each bumper&#8230; Here is how to build it&#8230; Don&#8217;t what to make your own? You can purchase our&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1698,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1698"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}