We can all agree that Thanksgiving break was too short, and came at the wost time possible. With tons to do ahead before the actual competition, I know 95% of our class is going to be stressed and stretched to their limits. Our MCM and total engineering review went well, but we realized that we have to make the whole cart and assemble all of the parts before Thursday. With our updated schedule, we have elected Thursday and Friday to be our trial and error days. That only leaves 3 days to manufacture the parts, in a lab with everyone else trying to do the same thing. I know that me and a few of my fellow teammates will attempt to dodge the frenzy by completing as many parts earlier in the day by getting to the shop right when it opens. This week we need to make the cart, press all gears and bearings to axles, increase our gear ratio to allow for a higher rpm of the motor, and make final tweaks to the design (like adding friction tape to the wheels or Teflon to the wedge). This week we will be using the lathe, mill, and the laser cutter for our last components.
We have a feeling that right now we are just going to make requirements. It would have been nice to win or to really be confident in our machine, but looking at other's progress, it is a little intimidating. This is a picture of the front axle we are going to manufacture from the 3/8" aluminium rod by using the
band saw, mill and lathe to cut it down to size to fit inside the wheels.
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