Friday oct 31st

Today is Friday once again  & This whole week we took out every single tool out the toolbox and replace them in the correct order as i said on Monday we are almost done organizing every tool  into its correct box or bin or maybe en a cabinet we now have tons of space for the new tools & the new screws,bolts,washers and even  all the hardware tools were wiped down & placed back in a neatly order we also finished up  the welding processes that was honestly awesome MR. insel showed us a lot  about welding & the proper way to weld we got new everything that involved welding from mask to gloves. so many new things to end this month with it feels like Christmas in October lets see what next week has in store for us  i know it will be so much easier since we know where everything is  the cars will be done faster 

Monday October 27 2014

This week we are starting off by organizing every parts bin from screws to the tools everything must be organized because we are ordering new tools to build the rest of the solar cars we took out all the tools out of every tool box & sorted out every bin filled with nuts,bolts washers,screws you name it we organized it we also go new welding masks new gloves better goggles  

 

This week welding continues

Monday October 20th

10/17/14

Friday 17th

this week our team remounted the rear wheel so It can fit our new motor... peter put a new rear suspension and it works great  he mounted it correctly ..we also got a new chain chain fixed the motor controller   we all practiced welding  screws together  it was a nice experience i honestly didn't know what i was doing & Matt taught my teammates & i how to do it the safe way & also look out for anyone walking past  safety is first when welding its a very dangerous skill that comes with a lot of responsibility

Friday

Today Peter is grinding down the homemade foot pedal he cut out a scrap peace of metal & now we are going to weld  it to the car check out his safety precaution he needs to do this so grind down one side then bolt it to the cart we got really far with what our team has done next week will be a lot  more trilling

Monday the 6th

 This weeks goals are going to be awesome ...we are still working on both cars we all as a team  got  a lot done within the two week span but today we are all chipping in on making A parts list for both solar cars our goal is to spend under 200 bucks & get stuff we need like a new Circuit breaker & what that  does is if theirs too much power going to the cart the fuse will brake & it stops anything from happening like a on & off switch we also need mini charge controller & that controls the voltage & amperage coming in from the solar panel you can't go anywhere with out a a foot pedal so my teammate peter is building A home made one ....wait & see what he comes up with

this is the other car my teammates & i are working on

fabricating our own foot peddle using stuff that's just laying around   we drilled holes to it can fit in the spot we measured out this hole week we've been hands on on this kart if one person is working on the electronics the other is working on steering  or braking because we have to stop & turn OR  that will be bad if we cant 

Friday 10/3/14

This week we were split into two teams and we had to fabricate holes for the motor controller and a better battery housing both teams worked together to help each other out the reason why we had to make the holes is because there's no space for what we are trying to do today we adjusted the drum brake & it actually stops now  

today was really awesome

Drilling holes for a mounting plate for The main switch & what that does is disconnect the batteries from the car if anything was to go wrong it's like a big on &; off power switch  we fabricated where we would mount the switch & how it connects to the batteries  we are only using three batteries & a solar panel the care is looking great by next week we should be done with almost everything mechanical