Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Machine reachs 98% part completion

Welcome back all,

This week marks the last full week before competition and with it comes an important milestone: 98% of the parts are manufactured or procured. Tomorrow, the last few parts will be getting cut out on the water jet, and then assembly will begin. We anticipate assembly to take a couple hours and the machine will hopefully be testing by Friday, November  30th. Check back for pictures of the machine as assembly progresses.

-Team 36 Ounces

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Most Critical Module Update

Hey all!

Thanks for stopping back. This week, tools finally hit the materials and parts were beginning to be produced. This morning (11/8), the first pieces of the chassis body were cut using the water jet cutter, and the first pieces of the most critical module were cut using the laser cutter. Construction on the most critical module will continue tomorrow with the creating of our axle pillow blocks. By the way, here is a sneak peak of what our most critical module will look like (sans vehicle):



More actual pictures of the vehicle to come later!

-Team 36-Ounces