Hey everyone its Forest again from the OAVS Team. Jon and I
have been rippin right along on getting the parts made for the flow bench. Jon
has since Wednesday machine the Flow Straightener Inlet Flange, the Flow
Straightener Outer Flange, the Oil Reservoir Plug Bung and all 18 of the Short
Mounting Tabs for the frame. I was able
to finish welding the basic frame up on Wednesday. I also sat down with Jon and
we tried some different surface preps on the frame. We decided that polishing
the outside of the frame and doing a brushed finish on the inside would give
the best form to function. I fooled around with different processes on Thursday
to determine the fastest way to get the best finish. Friday I got the process
down and sanded and polished for 8 hours straight. I brought the frame home
this weekend to finish it so that when Jon and I go back to work on Monday we
can get all the tabs mounted. We are
currently in a bad spot as we are missing materials. Our Round Tube for the
Flow Straightener Body, Oil Reservoir and External Air Assembly isn’t going to
be in till the 9th. OnlineMetals didn’t inform Matt during the order
that the materials were being shipped from two different locations and at
different times. We will have to bump up due dates on other aspects of the
Flow-Bench in order to accomplish our goal of a completed unit for January 14th. A while back, Jon helped out one of the FSAE Car Capstone team
by showing them how to use the AMC’s Faro CMM arm to get accurate measurements
on their motor for their chassis design. Jon is going to be working with one of
the FSAE team members, who works at the Advanced Structures and Composites
Center, for their Water-Jet capabilities. This will speed up some of the
process in getting the parts done by tessellating our parts on one sheet of
material instead of band sawing them out by hand. Check back to see what’s
going on next week.
Have a Happy New Year, OAVS