Bryan Oyan - 1/12th Scale Track Design + Manufacturing

This week, we gathered at the Student Union to finish up the last presentation of the semester. We met up several times to ensure that our last presentation had the proper flow and clarity so that anyone who hasn't encountered Spartan Superway will know the scope of our project. Most of the time was spent ensuring that all of the work we did this semester was covered comprehensively. We even included a master slide system and an appendix section for all of the miscellaneous FEA Analysis and manufacturing questions that members of the crowd might ask. The last presentation of the Spartan Superway Track Design and Manufacturing team is shown below: Now it's time to get ready for Maker Faire!

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....