Welding Practice

This week, Andrew and I took a welding class over at the Tech Shop to get certified to use the TIG welder there. In this class we welded with 1/16th gauge steel.  We found that it is a lot easier to weld this than aluminum. We went back to Tech Shop to practice our welds to find the proper settings. We were able to weld our aluminum pieces but they were not pretty.  During this week I was able to print about half of the brackets needed for the track.  My printer was out for a good while but I changed the hot end on my printer and now is printing fine.

Problems Occuring

Last week, our metals came in so we started to measure and cut. As we were cutting, we realized that our measurements were wrong and we stopped cutting. We doubled checked our dimensions and will start to cut again this week. The metals that were cut are still usable for other parts of the track but it is also a good thing we bought extra.  The 3D printing of our brackets have been put on a halt since my 3D printer hotend died on me. I am currently waiting on replacement parts so I can install and get back to printing.  With this in mind, the brackets will still be finished by March 1st.

First Workshop of the Semester

The previous week we were able to get on the same page with all of twelfth scale.  We figured out our important days since paseo is coming up.  During the break, my 3D printer went down so I am currently trying to fix the hot end so we can get our parts printed and ready for build.  I also took apart a section of the track to see what we can reuse.