Start of Manufacturing

For the past week, we worked on the manufacturing of three parts(components). We decided to start with our most critical module, the arm.

For the first part, we took the 1" x 1" hollow aluminum tube stock and cut it to 18" in length. Next we drilled two .25" holes near the bottom of the piece that will be used to mate the two pieces of the arm. This will be the upper arm .

Next we took the .5" x .5" square aluminum tube stock and drilled two .25" holes on one side to mate with the upper arm and a one more .25" hole on the opposite side to mate with the wedge foot.

We are currently in the process of ordering the medal for the wedge foot from McMasters.

For the third part, we took the .25" aluminum rod and cut it to 5". This will be the axle that is attached to the gear for the rack and pinion.

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