Ben Wirz
Robotics and Engineering Student, and Aviation Enthusiast
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Senior Week 31
Monday # On friday last week I started to align the tailstock of the lathe with the spindle. This meant turning between centers and taking large facing passes on the material. To do this, You micrometer the ends of the bar, and then adjust the tailstock just enough to be half of the distance, because radius stuff can be funky sometimes. I started on Monday just taking a pass and checking.
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Senior Week 30
This week I made the faces for the hammer. I also bored out the hammer handle and plugged it with a cap. Monday # I started late because I had my AP Calc test that day, and missed 4th period. Starting 5th period, I found an already cut off piece of brass that was just big enough. I then put it in the three jaw and faced it, then turned it down to the right OD.
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Senior Week 29
Over the weekend Sunk robotics got second in the MATE ROV New England Regional. We were a little disapointed by this, because we won the previous three, but we weren’t particularly surprised by it. We are thinking of pivoting towards making our own ROV’s Monday # I decided to start a new project in the machine shop. A machinist hammer. I wanted to do a few different things on this hammer.
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