Midterm Report!

More chips in the Thornton Machine Shop

About half way through the machine work, just a few more parts until our prototype is ready to test!

Axle Slider is almost done

Chips have been made!

The test rig was a success! Details will be posted to the Project Website. 

Test rig is Built!

Time to get some data!


First: We removed the existing axle block.



Then we tore down the test chair:





Next- We replaced it with a 12" adjustable block:



Now we can get data on what changing the axle position actually does, because "science" means getting repeatable results!

Fabrication has begun!