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On our team, the sudents first draw up the file in a 3d modeling software. Next, the drawing is either placed in a folder to be sent out to our technical college or printed off for teh shop.At teh Tech students from our team go out and d/l the file, convert it for use in mastercam, program the part, and then run the part on the machines themselves. The other ones which are able to be done manually are kept in house at our school, where prints are given to the students to machine up. Id say 95% of our machining work is done by students on the team, including CNC work. It also ahs been nice to have a full metal shop, including CNCs, right at our school. I am probably one of the most experianced machinists on my team, with this being my fourth year on the team, and am teaching everything i have learned to my younger teammates, in the hopes they carry on the tradition of building our robot. Not to say it is bad to farm out parts, but i definitely enjoy building the robot, as do many of my teammates. And our machinists get to watch our robot compete, to answer your question.
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"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct; will pursue his principles onto death."
"Thats what livin' is! The six inches, in front of your face!....."
Joe Lambie
Student Alumni (1999-2002) and Current Mentor - N.A.C. Team 93, Appleton, WI
Michigan Technological University Mechanical Engineering '07 and Alumni Mentor (2005-2007) Team 857
Last edited by Joe Lambie : 30-01-2002 at 13:11.
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