Saturday, February 25, 2017

week 25: bends complete and moving on

Kevin had completed all the corners for the track.
We are moving on to help the solar team with their ribs.
The measuring block for the ribs which are r=24" is completed.
The die is still yet to make because solar team is making tweaks on their design so we need update on that.

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

week 24: measuring block

The 19.67" measuring block is made for the 0.25" aluminum stocks. The purpose of making a measuring block is to measure the bent aluminum stocks and possibly hammer the aluminum against the block to reach the desired shape.

Good news: machine shop E123 is now open for longer hours 
M 3:00-5:00  PM
T  3:00-10:00 PM
W 3:00-5:00 PM
TH 3:00-10:00 PM
F 3:00-8:00 PM

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

week 23(spring 2017)

This is the first week of spring 2017. We are informed that we have around 2 months to finish the project and present at paseo public prototyping. with the tight amount of time given, we have to speed up and work harder.

My current responsibility is to create the measuring block for the 0.25" aluminum flat stocks while Kevin works on the die.

Later on we will help the solar team with their ribs when we are finished with the current work.