Hi everyone!
This week ASU was on spring break meaning that I got to spend even more time in the labs.
On Tuesday, I worked with the chief engineer to finish a centering piece for the brake calipers so we could finish centering the drill for the outlet holes that still needed to be drilled. After finding the center of the brake calipers we used a CAD program (computer aided design) to find the exact coordinates of where the drill was supposed to enter. Afterwards I went the team's electrical lead and got a tutorial on coding and arduinos.
On Thursday, I had to remake the body panel that made last week because it got super bent and dented. Afterwards, Jack and I took off the old skid-plate so that it could be used to mark off where tabs could be welded onto the new chassis to hold the skid-plate in place. then we sandblasted the tabs before they got welded in place to get rid of the rust from being cut out on the plasma cutter. Lastly, I finished off the day by added some chamfers to the drilled brake calipers so that the bolts would sit better.
On Saturday, the team and I found out that the plastic parts used on our suspension system were melted and had not been removed when the tabs were welded to the chassis. All these plastic pieces had to be remade on the lathe. This took most of the day because the measurements had to be super precise and we did make a couple errors and had to remake the pieces. Afterwards, I finished off the day by cutting some steel pipe on the horizontal band saw to make COM Cups.
What you're doing sounds super cool, but I have trouble imagining it without a visual--unfortunately, your images still aren't showing up :(
ReplyDeleteIt seems like your getting alot of experience with the tools and process of building. As someone who doesn't know much about cars, I agree with Raj -- visuals would be very helpful.
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