Crunch Time!

So this is the design of solar Templar.

This week our goal is to start welding the frame that Arthur drew out on Mastercam. We are gonna try our hardest to start welding and bending the conduit to make a rolling chassis by the end of the quarter.

Lets get to it!

Conduit For Days

Chase went to Home Depot on Wednesday and successfully bought about 9 pieces of the metal. This first bundle is going to be used for our test trials with the welding before we make our final chassis.

Next week our goal is to practice welding the conduit and perfect our methods before we start the real deal.

The brakes are breaking...

So this week I have been working on SK2's brakes because we initially did not have them connected. Unfortunately...the master cylinder does not seem to be pumping correctly. We tried to bleed the brakes but it didn't seem to work. 

Time to try something new! 

Brackets for the brakes!

We finally finished the bracket to keep the master cylinder in place. It may not be pretty but I does the job.

Next step: make the brakes work! 

ORGANIZATION!

So yesterday Mr. Martin introduced a program called Trello. It's a great way for us to organize our solar Templar team and assign tasks. I see it doing great things for us! 

Progress report

Great progress was made this week. We got the brakes working on SK1 successfully. We also were able to attach the master cylinder to SK2 without issues. 

Next on the list: metal bending for Solar Templar!

The Parade!

The parade is coming up and SKI needs to be prepared for it. So this is going to be our project for the next month! 

Modern Art

      This week we learned to weld and figured out the M.I.G. welder. The image shows this " Modern Art" we created by practicing. Chase is going ham with the welder.