During this week, the team met up a total of 3 times within the week, including the time spent on Wednesday. Throughout the week, I worked on what needed to be finished with the welding for the nuts and hot rolled steel flat bar. With 80+ welds to complete, I was able to work through the 17 bases that we needed welded through. Since the welds were completed, It was time to pour the remaining 17 bases in order to test them out and see how they perform under the given load and unevenness of the ground. We poured, mixed, stirred, condensed, and flattedned the concrete to fit the necessary molds. All we have to do is wait for next week in order to see how the concrete molds formed. I hope it is the same, if not better than the last three that we tested.
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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