Ben Wirz
Robotics and Engineering Student, and Aviation Enthusiast
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Senior Week 6
This week was a welcome break from the Pillow block that has given me much trouble. I started this week by starting the actual construction of the Motor Holder. I did this by cutting out the flat pattern on the water jet, and bringing the peices upstairs to the Metal Fab shop, who welded it up. These welds are glorious. Next it was time to figure out how to do the sprocket stuff.
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Senior Week 5
This Week I figured out a few more things on the drivetrain side, like ordering sprockets, and also I bent acrylic. I did this to make a mock up of the motor holder I am going to bend out of steel for the final one. This was also a bit of a strength test, and the bend was able to hold the full weight of the motor, but Id be wary about its ablity to hold it with the motor running and pulling on the steering column.
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Senior Week 4
This week is when the Pillow block started to really pick up speed. On friday I used the tormach to mill the profile of the pillow block, which was very sucessful for my first time using the cnc funtion of the mill. This is mid cut in the tormach. This was the only part of the process I did on the CNC machines as it was the only part that had somewhat complicated geometry after that I now had to remove it from the stock.
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