Ben Wirz
Robotics and Engineering Student, and Aviation Enthusiast
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Senior Week 17
This week was a pretty simple week but not that great. I finished up machining the motor plate. That part went pretty smoothly and everything fit together with only a few modifications. I set all of the spot drills down to the same depth, so it looks all nice. After that I started to machine the base. This was the first part that I used the tormach on by myself, and for that fact everything went really well.
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Senior Week 16
This was our first full week back from winter break. Now that we are back, I am starting on the manufacturing of the stage motorization components. This week I was able to get the trolley completely manufactured, however not without issue. Starting off, we tried using the 4th axis to machine this part, however we repeatedly ran into an issue where the z wasn’t centered on the part, when the axis rotates.
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Senior Week 15
This week was a lot of house keeping for the 2 axis stage project. I started the make machining drawings for all of the parts that it needs, as the plan is to start machining after we get back from winter break. This week I also started to work on the coupler that connects the motor to the micrometer, which is pretty boring as its just fiddling with numbers till it fits both.
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