We've been busy machining and finalizing our CAD model over the past week. Our three parts for MS7 today are pictured below. The first part is a specialized axle block for the front and back axles of our machine. It uses two 1/4"-20 bolts to secure it to the baseplate, and has two drilled and precision reamed horizontal holes where we will be press fitting bushings for the axle to rotate in. The large vertical center hole will allow us to mount a strip of aluminum for the control box to sit on.

The second is the first iteration of our MCM base. The aluminum ended up cracking in multiple places when constructing this-- we may end up having to rethink how we are constructing this piece.

The final piece is the standard support block we have integrated into multiple places in our design. We will eventually have 12 of these support blocks, and they will hold up the arm-towers and the walls for the ball hopper. An incredibly simple part, but also very important and integral to our design.

The bearing block we machined for our back wheels, it will hold a 1/4" axle.

Our Most Critical Module taking shape, this will attach to our swing-arm.

Standard support block for our machine, we will use about 12 of these.