During this week, the main focus for the track team was to hammer out the last design decisions and tweak some of the decisions made from last week's progress. The main issues that we really have to address now is the support design since the model needs to be robust and can work under different scenarios. When bringing the whole model to an event such as Maker Faire, the ground may not be level and we need to address that, as well as incorporating a way to fasten the design onto the track. Moving forward, I'll work on the CAD this weekend and gather some ideas, that way we can incorporate them into the presentation.
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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