Week 2
The main event this week was the night of the open door on Friday the 19th, a night when all of the lab facilities are open so that the public can come and see the work being done by clubs on campus. As such, the week's work until Friday was preparing the lab facility for the night of the open door event.
On Friday, we helped set up the lab for the night of the open door. During the event,
parents, children, students, and the dean came to learn about the Baja project.
Here's a video of Josh, the chief engineer, driving last year's Baja car:
As you can see, the suspension and the shock absorbers allow the car to be driven over the smooth rocks with relative ease. This is an essential part of the building of a Baja car for endurance races.
On Saturday, we got back to work. We started by building the bumper for the car. We used the tube bender to create the shape of the bumper. Then we used the coping machine to cope the end of the tube, making it fit in place with the frame of the car. The welder then welded the bumper onto the front face of the car.
Here's a video of the coping machine (brace your ears):
Coping tubes leave their ends like this, allowing them to be fitted onto other tubes and welded easily.
After we built the bender, we used the sandblasting machine for the first time to remove the rust off small parts of the car.
Before Sandblasting:
After Sandblasting:
I'll explain more about the sandblaster next week.
On Friday, we helped set up the lab for the night of the open door. During the event,
parents, children, students, and the dean came to learn about the Baja project.
Here's a video of Josh, the chief engineer, driving last year's Baja car:
As you can see, the suspension and the shock absorbers allow the car to be driven over the smooth rocks with relative ease. This is an essential part of the building of a Baja car for endurance races.
On Saturday, we got back to work. We started by building the bumper for the car. We used the tube bender to create the shape of the bumper. Then we used the coping machine to cope the end of the tube, making it fit in place with the frame of the car. The welder then welded the bumper onto the front face of the car.
Here's a video of the coping machine (brace your ears):
Coping tubes leave their ends like this, allowing them to be fitted onto other tubes and welded easily.
After we built the bender, we used the sandblasting machine for the first time to remove the rust off small parts of the car.
Before Sandblasting:
After Sandblasting:
I'll explain more about the sandblaster next week.
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