Week 12 was when we received our parts from the Central Shop. As of now, we have 4 motor casings and 1 shaft that will hold both axles of the motor on the drive bogie. During the weak, I met with my teammates to see whether the casings and the shaft will fit the motor and to check whether there are any problems that we might encounter after assembling the motor case and shaft. Everything fits fine, however, we are worried that there might be torques applying to the motor case when it moves during the demonstration, resulting in the motor's axle to unthread itself from the shaft. If this actually happens during Makers Faire, there are possibilities that the motor will fly out from the shaft. Hence, we talked to Dr. Furman and came up with the conclusion of using a collar shaft on each of the shafts ends to lock the shaft from moving. Also, we will be adding two screws to the drive bogie so that the motor can absorb the torque exerted by the friction and keep the shaft from unthreading itself.
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