Today was a really productive work day, we got so much done in that 16 hour time span and made every minute of it……we didn’t even have time to take pictures! =O

Summary for Sunday 2/15:

  • Mounted the fisher price motor (replaced the broken one with a “new” one)
  • Re-soldered everything to ensure proper/good connection
  • Made the wire connectors for the new battery  (soldered it and used shrink tubing this time instead of electrical tape)
  • Cut the orange polycord to 85.5″ and melted them together
  • Fixed the spacing of the conveyor belting on the rollers
  • Greased both ToughBoxes
  • Mounted the angled panel of polycarbonate and braced the polycarbonate with metal bars
  • Made the hood
  • Attached the plastic to the metal framing
  • Made the support pieces for the hood
  • Cut and drilled holes for the L-brackets that will be holding the support pieces in place
  • Finished the driver station
  • Had to counter sink the holes for the screws and make cutouts for the joysticks and the control system
  • Attached the polycord with the rollers and had a successful test run
  • Made changes to the angling of the board in the back by making it closer to the roller
  • Had to enlarge the side holes to avoid the metal rod from catching every once in a while
  • Changed the positioning of the metal plates from outside to inside to be able to mount the plastic
  • Cut and changed the positioning of the metal plates in the front to be able to have more space for the balls
  • Had to re-drill the holes to fit the plates
Last Updated February 18, 2009