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Week 8 (03-14-18): Welding the Nuts on the bases & Pouring the Concrete into the Molds

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.



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