Spring 2018, Week 3: Preparing Support Section Parts

       This week, the materials required for the support section of the track, seen in Figures 1 & 2, arrived at the shop. As such, our team spent much of our time prepping the steel square tubes and bar stocks for welding. 

Figure 1: Support Section of the Track

Figure 2: Bottom Configuration of the Support Section

        

            In addition to prepping the materials, the team asked Dan from the Full Scale Bogie team to demonstrate how to use the gas welder in the shop. By next week, we hope to be able to learn how to effectively weld, so that all the support sections can be completed. After all the welding is completed, we can proceed with pouring the cement.