It's interesting to be able to look at the different revisions we've done of different critical components. This is our MCM and baseplate shaping up for milestone number 9, alongside their previous iterations. You can see in the first picture the paper model fo our MCM, then our first iteration which was made out of a single aluminum waterjet-cut plate, and then our final version constructed of multiple waterjet cut pieces and hand-cut aluminum pieces. What we found during our initial iteration was that actually folding the aluminum proved trying because of all of the different angles and bends involved. We ended up cracking the aluminum and having to start over. Our final iteration uses a flat watercut base with two bends, and the walls are separately cut and bent aluminum pieces that we riveted onto the base.

Furthermore, you can see the two baseplate iterations. The first, in clear plexiglass, was cut incorrectly, and we also noticed a couple of features that could be improved upon. We ended up recutting the entire baseplate using the laser cutter in green plexiglass.