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Digikey Order
- Cutting spacers for prototype
- Working on motor controller
Design for Wheel Stands
- Home Depot visit
- Purchased tubing for custom length spacers
- Purchased super glue
- Purchased blocks of wood
- Created CAD drawings for wheel stands
CAD for Wheel Stand
- Received bill for machined links
- $204.27 for 10 links
- Considering Laser cutting for final demo for financial reasons
- Won’t need strength for proof of concept
- Received email about DigiKey motor order
- Motor was out of stock, and can only be shipped in April
- Ordered from another distributor
Determining Timing Belt Measurements
Received Machined Links
- Received bolts
- Assembled prototype
- Expansion/Contraction works fairly well
- Mechanical To-do List
- Make Shaft hole bigger
- Make power transfer hole bigger
- Get spacers to keep pieces parallel to bottom plane
- Machine Links
- Currently using links from first prototype
- Get countersunk M3 Screw
Finished Assembling 2nd Prototype
Received Laser Cut Pieces
- Sent in CAD files to laser cut pieces (expect to have them done by tomorrow)
- Expected delivery for bolts is Feb.12.19 (Tuesday)