We finally finished our machine late Friday evening. Sei Jin was awesome enough to stay longer to let us complete our machine and tweak it some so it would be working for MS9 tomorrow (Monday). After finishing the MCM, we had to manufacture and put together the parts for the chassis. We used a 1/2" thick PVC plate for the base plate of our chassis. We used the waterjet to cut the plate to the shape we wanted and make our clearance holes for our pillow blocks and front "bumper" piece (90 degree angle stock).
To make our pillow blocks we used the new 1/4" angle stock that recently came in. We cut it to length on the band saw and then used the mill to precisely drill the holes in them. We used a V drill bit as suggested in the class slides for the bushing holes and a 31/64" drill bit followed by a .4998" reamer for the bearing holes.
Here are some pictures of our "finished machine" (without some minor modifications we may make in the next couple days):
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