3/15-3/22

This week was spent finishing up the main bogie structure by welding everything together, and powder coating it. Spacers were 3D printed for the upper steering arms, and the shafts for the gearbox were lathed down. All the parts except for the stepper motor coupler have been made and final assembly just needs to take done. Overall, we are making good progress for our part of the project to complete in order for the sub-teams to be able to start integrating soon.

3/8-3/15

This last week a lot of progress was made. It was possible to weld up most of the bogies, and machine out most of the parts. We are waiting on the gears and pulleys which have been ordered and should be arriving this weekend. Once they arrive, we will be able to lathe down the gear shafts, and press-fit the gears and pulleys onto them. Once this is complete the last task is to verify the design and start integrating other parts of the design.

3/1-3/8

This week was spent machining out housings for bearings as well as beginning to weld up the main structure. It has been quite a busy process consuming a lot of time. Overall, the progress is slow but steady. I will continue to work towards the goal of finishing by May.