During this meeting, the 1/12th scale teams presented their projects and the goals for the upcoming semester. Presentation 1 described the scope of the projects, the design specifications, and the Gantt chart for all of the teams so everyone is able to stay on track for their projects. We are planning to finish our design phase soon and will begin rapid prototyping as soon as everyone is on the same page. Our team still has to complete some design work to complete on Solidworks, however, there is good progress. Within two weeks, the bill of materials should be published.
Last week, I ground down the welded support parts that attach to the track. I finished 20 of these parts and it required a lot of patience since grinding down steel requires some time. I even had a collet for the Dremel tool break on me since the diamond tip Dremel-bit pushed the collet to open up throughout the duration of the grinding process. By trying to close up the collet to secure the bit, one of the collet's prongs broke. After these parts were completed, I started drilling holes into them to ensure that they would fit into the whole track assembly smoothly. I used the drill press and some of the brackets that Kevin finished printing. The end result of these components looks like the following image: After the support structures were put together, we assembled the track fully for the first time. Although it was a small assembly that reduced the length of the track, due to removing several straights, it allowed for the other subteams to test the bogey and controls....
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