Winter Break - 2/8

During winter break purchasing of materials and fabrication of parts began. All sheet metal parts were cut out on a water jet and were sandblasted in order to remove any rust on them, figure 1.

figure 1. Waterjet cut parts The housing for the gears for steering were machined out using a CNC mill, figure 2.

Figure 2. Gearbox housing All of the rod ends for that wheels are attached to were also machined on the manual mill, figure 3.

Fugre 3. Rod ends for wheels