Progress on manufacturing

Out team has been making progress in seeing our designs be manufactured. The sheet steel and steel tubing were purchased and delivered from a contractor. Jason and I met with the contractor and helped him unload the materials into a club room on campus. I have also been in communication with the Maker Space, so that I may get access to their waterjet and welding equipment. The issue that I have continually encountered is that almost every one of the staff has said that to gain access I have to talk to someone else, and then refers me to the next person. Speaking with Dr. Furman, I have submitted a job request to the central shop as the coordinator of the shop is responsible for the waterjet cutter training. So in my request to get the pieces cut from the sheet steel, I have also submitted a request to be trained on the machine. Within that request, I have also requested to be officially trained on the MIG welder as I already know how to weld and only need the clearance to access these tools. Hopefully, training will begin soon that I will be able to cut out and weld our required parts.

This week was primarily focused on finishing up the last of the presentations. There was also a bit of time allocated to watching the required video (that we were supposed to go to campus for). It turned out that we were going to watch the presentation via Zoom, but after some technical difficulties, we resorted to having the meeting recorded and having it sent to us to watch at home. After the rest of the presentations, I checked with the other groups to see if they needed anything from our team. As it turns out, the other groups did not need to check with us this week. I also informed Tynan that after purchasing the materials we were extremely underbudget and that the materials would likely only come out to about 300 dollars.

Presentation 4

This week was mainly focused on our presentations. Our presentations went fairly smoothly and were focused on our current progress and how we are moving forward from last semester. We are currently still trying to complete the route selection system. As for fabrication, I already have a place to source my materials that is reliable. The slideshow is provided below.