Day 36

Day 35

  • We worked on the safety flyer

  • We worked on our Teacher of the Year Award, Business Plan, Team overview, and the Dean’s List Award

  • Members from the Robo-Knights came to our shop to use our Lathe to make gearbox shafts and bushing and bearing cups

  • We made a CRUSH-bot cookie cutter so one of our parents can make cookies for our Feb 21st Presentation

  • We milled and welded the hex pieces

  • We designed and machined our battery mount

  • We mounted our turret motor, and OUR TURRET SPINS!!!!!!!!

  • We tested and then redesigned our drive for the collector motor.

  • We figured out how to mount our bumpers and mounted one of them!

  • The animators finished the space ship

Main Achievement:We attached almost all of our electronics onto the e-board

Day 34

  • We planned for our Feb 21st Presentation

  • We CADed the shooter wheel plates

  • We made the Hex for our turret

  • We made the mount for our motor that drives the turret

  • We worked on the gear box for our collectors

  • We finished the front of our safety flier

  • We attached all of the belts and collectors

  • We mounted the elevator and the motor to operate the elevator

  • We worked on the Deans List Award

Main Achievement: WE SUBMITTED CHAIRMANS!

Day 34

Day 33

  • We received our belts!

  • We finished turning the turret drive wheel

  • We made the groves in the end caps bigger so we can put the belts on

  • We started making our gear box for the collector

  • We finished putting the grippy tape on the collectors

  • We designed and cut out the hex

Main Achievement: We finished cutting the E-board and then planned and drilled all the holes so we can mount the electronics

Day 32

Day 31

  • We finished designing for our turret

  • We made mounts for the turret

  • We received our sticker paper so we will hopefully get those printed this week

  • We bought plastic for our skin, metal for our shooter, and more welding gas

  • Programmers collected everything we need for the e-board

  • We worked on the Teacher of the Year Award

  • We grounded the sub-frame

  • We made circles so we can bend the metal for our shooter tomorrow

  • We finished the wooden bumper backs for our bumpers

  • We cut out the E-board

  • We turned down the end caps for the collector

  • Animators did animating, and there ship is super awesome

  • We were very productive all around and everyone was working hard!

Main Achievement: We welded the tower and mounted the turret

Day 31

Day 30

  • We bought Duct Tape, brackets, fabric for bumpers, and grippy tape

    • Made slots for our ball collector

    • Programmers put tape on the backboards and tested it

    • We finished our newsletter and sent it out

    • Kelly from Purple Plasma, team 2403, came and collaborated with us

    • Nick and Daniel from the NERDS, team 1726, came and collaborated as well:)

    • We worked on fixing our lathe

    • We worked on the bumpers

    Main Achievement: We figured out how we are going to attach the ball elevator to the robot and made the necessary alterations to make it work.