Tuesday, March 21, 2017

3/15-3/21

Throughout this week I spend quite a bit of days in techshop building our current bogie as well as waiting for the final parts of our design. I obtained the gears, pulleys and timing belts that will be part of our steering system and will be implemented soon. The goal is to ensure that all the components of our steering works as predicted. Also, during this week I finalize some techShop classes that will allow me to use the mill machine and build some of our parts which can be better designed in order to have a sturdier steering components. Also, measurements were taken when the bogie was placed in the track in order to finally weld the last components in place. Also, I've been researching some wheels as we may need a few extra. Overall, this week has been very productive.

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

3/9-3/14

Throughout this week, I met with Michael to work on our project at TechShop. The goal is to finish the bogie as soon as possible to let other teams, dependent on ourselves,  test their parts on our system. I also was able to order the last parts necessary for the steering system. The parts will be shipped from California thus they will arrive shortly. As soon as the parts arrive, the steering system will be put in place and it will be ready for testing.