This week our team met with professor Muntz of the Industrial Studies building to use the machine shop he is in charge of. He allowed us to add threads to our 1/2" rod blanks for use in our track bender. He was very pleased to see that we had a full design worked out with a sketch. The biggest challenge we face now is finding out how we will weld the parts that we need to, considering the Spartan Superway has extremely limited machining and welding capabilities. I have sent feelers out to family and friends to see if anyone has access to a welder we can use. We also discovered that much of the previous years' track is not interchangeable and much of our material was misplaced during the move. These will need to be replaced.
The other small scale teams were not able to get their designs working by Friday night, so the first testing happened during the demonstration. There were some problem areas of the track that we did not notice (and could not notice) before testing began, but these can be polished up by next years team. The demonstration went well overall, and next years team should be well prepped to continue our work. We will leave behind a fully assembled track, functioning track bender, and spare parts for them to work with. It has been a good year with Spartan Superway, and we wish future years' teams the best of luck.
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