During these two weeks, the track team has really worked on designing the track further by completing the second iteration of the track. In addition, there have been advancements in the switch design as we have been in close contact with the bogey team to make sure that there is good progress and communication is made between the teams. Some of the communication came with their model fitting into our track and being able to maneuver around our designed track since this iteration of the Superway involves a new design with a double rail design.
On Monday, the team met up and needed to address some of the issues that we had with the welder. Kevin was in constant communication with administration and Dan (from full-scale bogey) to ensure we were taking the correct course of action. Kevin and I took a trip to Praxair to retrieve a new tank of Argon for the remaining welds. After coming back and setting up the welder, I started and finished the welds necessary for the support structures. I encountered some issues during this process as I never found the correct way to properly weld these two components together due to the differences in thickness of the square tubing and the sheet metal. If I utilize too high of a current, the sheet metal would have a hole burnt through. However, if the current was too low, there would be no penetration of the square tubing. Even after completing 80 welds, this process was not mastered and still need to be cleaned up through other methods that will be looked into.
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