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=Monday April 22 2013=
=Wednesday Sept 25, 2013=
#Traveled back to FeF today, worked out the particulars on relocating many of the items here at the FeF to new homes.  
*Completed review of TCM for Audrey
#Took some before pictures to compare to the clean up afterward.
*Started organization on back hoe, included Daniel B for collaborative design efforts prior to his arrival
#Began work on the design of the Truck. [[File:PTTruck.skp]]
*Internet went down for 5 hours, did what I could with smart phone and computer, was able to organize my home office!
*Started on Prototype assessment while trying to make a lessons learned to incorporate into future builds.  
*Due to Internet issues hope to have BOM and cost completed tomorrow.  


Issues so far that I have run into are:
==Goals for the Week==
#Gaps due to the plates on the Quick Connect axles, with current design would need spaces to fill the gaps to keep the tubes aligned correctly.
*Complete After Action items for LT6 Build
#The current axles width is to small to invert the springs as originally planned, and to wide to place the normally. With the current set up the leaf spring would need to be placed on a front or rear tube, placing  more stress on the U joint from the moment created around the axle. Have an idea of offsetting the springs on each axle as per the drawing, not sure if its viable, but seems to be a working alternative at the moment.
*Get started on New Project Back Hoe and Iron Worker
#The width of the truck frame in relation to the shallow length depending upon the size of the joint in the middle obviously is cause concern in regards to the amount of articulation we can get for turning.
*Burn down past due items, get better organization in my home office.  


=Sunday April 21 2013=
==Goal Completion==
*Completed Life Track 6 with minimum man power.


#The Day one of the most amazing individuals on planet Earth was born....................... Queen Elizabeth
#My Bday as well!!!! I'm not doing anything today!


=Saturday April 20 2013=
=Monday / Tuesday Comp Days=


#Lost my fight with the torch last night, received remedial training from Marcin today, apparently it is not like riding a bike, after 10 years my skills had left me.
=Sunday Sept 22, 2013=
Better by the end of the day.
*completed hydraulic mounting
#Left FeF for some R and R will return Monday.
*had issues with the power beyond sleeves. They seemed yo be blocking a port or something that would make the pump bog down and fail, stalling the engine. Similar issue with life track 5. Correction was to take the power beyond sleeves out and trim them down a bit, this opens whatever it is blocking and enables the system to work. Not sure if its a issue with the sleeve, if there is something were missing. Correction did work however.  
#Created a basic sketch of the tracks for the micro tractor, Marcin and I think we have a good idea of what it should look like. Will create and upload a more detailed sketch when I return.
*Life track 6 First test was completed needs the following adjustments/ Finishes:
#Thanks to Mr. James Slade from Texas for his video. It helped tremendously with the verification of our original measurements.... well done sir it's appreciated!!! 
#Need to begin work on the frontloader drawing for the micro tractor, have some ideas that I think will be simple and work well.


=Friday April 19 2013=
1. Stops need to be put into place for the tilt as it will go too far.


#The group started Planning and making arrangements to begin spring cleaning on the FeF. Many exciting changes coming! Those that have been to the FeF will barely recognize it by August. All the changes planned so far take into account the hard work and steadfast dedication those that have come before have dedicated to OSE, while propelling OSE into the future while trying to give those who dedicate their time on site the best experience possible.  
2. Handles need to be welded to both the articulating pivot and ground hug pivot.
#Looked into upgrades for the Hab Lab to include:
 
a new on demand hot water system to better sustain visitors
3. Floor for both the cab and the hydraulic bay need to be welded in
Ongoing battle with the heating stove, well will WIN!
 
Looking into expnading the heating ability of the Hab Lab by adding another wood burning stove in the back to make the Hab lab more comfotable.  
4. Wire mesh for the safety cage needs to be added
#Elliot locked on help to begin clean up for the area for next week.
 
#Elliot locked on someone to take some of the unwanted vehicles
5. Loader arms need to be tested to see if a weld will be required for the corners
#Began plans to expand the storage capactiy of the facility to properly house the prototypes.  
 
#Found what we think is the issue with the CNC Torch Table. Good news as it looks as if it will be an easy fix, someone forgot to drill a hole! COuld be up and opperating soon! 
6. Needs hosing to be rerouted for dual powercubes / As well as more suitable that hosing for testing. "Neater"
 
7. Power Cube needs to be held in place
 
8. Channel or something that will protect the hyd tubing from the powercube needs to be added.
 
9. Bobcat QA need to be attached and tested.      
 
Hours Worked: 6
 
=Saturday Sept 21, 2013=
*All cyl mounted and tested for geometry without power
Had some spacing and geometry issue that were fixed with some movement of the mounts
*Hydraulics mounted and routed
*started testing procedures, however had to cut short due to lack of hydraulic fluid, will resume in the morning.
So far so good, one cyl is routed backwards from how we want it, everything else for the short time we had seemed to be working well. No clearance issues yet. May have to put a stop on for the tilt as it travels past parallel, we will see Sunday.
 
Hours worked: 17
 
=Friday Sept 20, 2013=
*Now have a rolling chassis
*Got started on the hydraulics, 2 hyd cyl mounted, need to finish up on the pins.
*Hydraulics/Seat mount/powercube mount is what remains.
 
Hours worked: 11.5
 
=Thursday Sept 19, 2013=
 
*Completed the bobcat quick attach
*attached 2 wheel mounts and tires to the powercube. ready to be attached to the cab.  
*many issues arose with the wheel mounts. The space for the wheel mounts to mount to the frame was too small, forcing us to literally use blunt force to try and get them on.... not a one man job. Holes on the top of the wheel mounts do not align properly with the holes on the bottom making the use of 1" bolts impossible without drilling out the frame. Due to the extremely tight space where the wheel mounts attach to the frame, the fit issue was further exacerbated due to the welds themselves adding another 1/16 or so of an inch. Wheel mounts needed, hammers, pry bar, screwdrivers, bolts (for hammering on to align holes) and grinding of the wheel mount, weld and frame to finally get them to fit.  
*Wheel hubs cannot be taken off with just outer pin, need to be removed with the lug nuts like a normal car/truck/tractor. Utilized this incase the pin bends, the wheel wont be stuck. Can still unpin the rear pin to take the wheel and hub off.
*Things still not put away and returned in the shop. Many things that were organized have been moved out of the order they were placed and mixed up and not put back. This makes it extremely hard to #1 keep the shop organized #2 take inventory #3 keep from losing items in the shop.  
 
Hours worked: 17
 
 
=Wednesday Sept 18, 2013=
 
[[File:PivotWI.odt]]
 
*Completed powercube with ground hug pivot installation.
*Completed 50% of Bobcat quick attach, some cutting issues with what we received from the CnC shop, a tad too big, will have to grind down tomorrow.
*Articulating pivot mounts placed and ready for pivot and hyd cyl.
*Pins cut for bucket.
 
*Life track build fell behind today due to lack of wheels/wheel mounts. Had planned on having at least two completed this morning. Almost have one.
   
   
*Need to have wheels/wheel mounts completed by early afternoon.
*Still waiting for hydraulic schematics to be completed.
*Shop not being taken care of properly, have created a power point for with examples of what does not adhere to shop rules, and what does.
[[File:ShopClean.odp]]
Hours worked: 17
=Tuesday Sept 17,2013=
[[file:oldlifetrac.skp]]
[[file:loaderarms.skp]]
*Finished the Axle for the power cube. Due to the separation of the pivot plates it made the over all width the exact size of the powercube. Had to make multiple cuts to get it to fit. Could try and account for error but the amount of error varies.
*Corrected an issue with the loader arm pivoting due to design issue. Need to ensure going forward to use Dozuki for current model and only give admin rights to staff so it doesn't change. Not the first issue for this build.
*Power cube ready to connect to articulating pivot, then waiting on Wheel mounts to be complete.
*Basic cab structure complete, waiting on wheel mounts.
==Goals for the Week==
*Complete Life track 6
==Goal Completion==
*Finished design of tractor.
*Cut list complete and cut.
*Work Flow complete.
*Work instructions complete except for loader arms (took 4 DPV's 2-3 days to complete WI for last life track, I've had to complete these on my own over the last 4 days.) Had to leave out how bolts went in do to time constraints, need to work in how they are placed for next build (to avoid bolt being stuck and not able to remove after construction)*****.
*Completed more than 50% of the frame in one day.
Hours Worked: 12
=Monday Sept 16, 2013=
*Work instructions, found multiple issues with work instruction due to superimposed tubes that were "inside" other that weren't noticed until the model was "blown apart".
*Rewired the workshop so that it has wi-fi for the build/future.
*Completed work instructions along with parts list for Cab Module.
*Helped with co worker with some presentation issue to free them up for tractor duty.
*Build meeting with DPV's, outlined build instructions, workshop layout, remaining cuts, welds.
*Tech meeting with Marcin to go over current issues, WIP, hyd schematics, quick connect wheel mounts.
*Reconfigured the network and "undid" what the tech help person messed up this weekend. Wireless is back to normal. Re-connected the printer to the network as it wasn't working with the configuration that we were left with from the tech help.
[[File:WorkInstructionsCab.odp]]
[[File:WorkInstructionsPowercube.odp]]
Build:
*Cab complete / waiting on Wheel mounts
*Power cube / Basic structure complete
*Axle for powercube 60% complete, in place and tacked, needs to be fitted to the powercube frame, as of now .5 inch discrepancy.


=Thursday April 18 2013=
Hours Worked: 18  


#Traveled to the FeF. Met with Adrian, Elliot and Marcin prior to my first visit with Karien of the Shuttleworth foundation. Fantastic person and OSE is lucky to have such people behind them, very excited to be working with Karien and the Shuttleworth foundation! Mud patch on the Stove was a failure, will revisit the fix tomorrow.  
=Sunday Sept 15, 2013=
*Completed Cab Instructions, 80% complete with all others.  
*Researched adobe homes, found multiple instances of clay bricks set with mortar, 2000+ sqft build in a single day. End result is a permanent structure that is a "real home" utilized real stucco for the outside is some cases, others utilized the brick as it's weatherproof, unlike our current configuration. Great example of what we should be working towards.
    
    
=Wednesday April 17 2013=
Hours worked: 8
 
=Saturday Sept 14, 2013=
 
Continue to work on Work Instructions for cab, loader arms, pivot and power cube as numerous issues creeped into the Work instructions due to design creep.
 
Hours worked: 17
 
Completed cut list.
 
Had multiple issues with incorrect parts super imposed into the build that caused issues with the cut list.
 
=Friday Sept 13, 2013=
 
Corrected power cube fit issues which made the previous Work Instructions obsolete. Completed the exploded diagram of the Cab and loader arms along with an over all Parts list / cut list for the build. 
 
[[File:PartsList.skp]]
 
[[File:ExplodedCab.Jpg]]


Assignment for today:
[[File:ExplodedLA.jpg]]
#Download a copy of the [[Quick Connect Wheels]] from Google Warehouse - [http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=db4fc2a840b06f6147d83af0b3662c0b]
#Import this file into existing Power Cube - [[File:PTcube2.skp]]
#Create a tracked version with 2 driving wheels and 2 idler wheels as in [[Microtrac Drive]] concept. See [[LifeTrac Tracks]].
#Use 20" spare car wheels for Microtrac. We can go with our standard 30" like on LifeTrac if needed.
#Call up [[Mike Hill]] and inquire when he can do some tube and plate cutting for us, so we can begin playing with 1/4"x4"x4" tubing geometries for [[LifeTrac Construction Set]].
#Marcin - will create a Google Form to begin formalizing team and review team for [[OSHW-OSE-CNC Torch Table-v2]] and [[OSHW-OSE-Microtrac-v2]]
#Marcin - will create a Howto Explainer for technical contributors.


[[File:lifetrac6PCRD(2).skp]]


Original frame was found to lack in length to accommodate the 20" wheel size, much less the 30". Unfortunately a smaller wheel size is not workable due to the clearance issue with the wheel and the bottom of the Quick connect module, less than 2 inch clearance would be unworkable for a tractor in any kind of soil.  
=Thursday Sept 12, 2013=
*Finished up with some design issues concerning the loader arms and cylinders.  
*Completed the work instructions for the power cube
*Started on the Work Instructions for the Cab module.  


http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/File:PtTRAC1.jpg
=Wednesday Sept 11, 2013=
*Completed work instructions for the power cube module
*Created burn down list for build


http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/File:PtTRAC2.1.jpg
=Tuesday Sept 10, 2013=


There doesn’t seem to be any way to accommodate the existing designs we have without extending the wheelbase, which is what I finally settled on. When trying to modify the frame it always reverted back to a similar design to the original. Good results, could be used in either direction, still maintains the same "frame" on the what I deemed the back, as the older model. Also utilized multiple colors on the top of the frame to show different options. One would give less lateral stability but use less material and decrease weight of the build.
==Goals for the Week==
Finished design of tractor
Start cutlist
Work Flow


New build photo here along with CAD file.
==Goal Completion==
*worked on templates / refined Product Lead process
*material received
*Helped with Dozuki


http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/File:PtTRAC2.skp 
=Monday Sept 9, 2013=
Travel to FeF


http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/File:PtTRAC2.jpg
=Friday Sept 6, 2013=


Attempted to contact Mike Hill today, hopefully he gets back to me, left my contact information.
*Watched more videos for Auto Inventor, good progress but it is very different than what I am used to with Catia. is going to take more time than I have to do what I want with it prior to the tractor build. Ordered a manual that will hopefully make some of the more tedious things easier with shortcuts, just going to take a lot of time getting familiar.
*looked for some wheels and tires, found some 31" tires that would work, prices between 150-220$ each at multiple locations. was trying to find a rim and tire set, nothing that would fit the tractor that was reasonable.  


 
=Thursday Sept 5, 2013=
=Tuesday April 16 2013=  
 
*Watched 4 hours of video for Auto Inventor to try and familiarize myself. hoping to be able to run some stress analysis as some point. 4 hours + stopping and starting to try and learn the tools, very time consuming but informative.
*Updates program managers for times
*Updated program manager to reflect any issues that were behind schedule adding notes to each.
*Movers came.
 
=Wednesday Sep 4, 2013=
 
*Continued to work on burn down list of deliverables.
*Read Lean Start as well as some research to better answer Daniel question about rapid prototyping as well as seeing if it was a process we could institute at OSE. As of now its not, it does have some good information that we could incorporate however when were ready.
 
=Tuesday Sept 3, 2013=
 
Things to do:
 
Call Honda
 
Check Bobcat Quick
 
Tractor BOM
 
Wheels and tires
 
Work Instructions
 
Completed the Relevance section on the Master Dev board, worked on the board most of the day coming up with things RC would be able to help with. Finished a few Dozuki categories, want to add another section for research.
 
==Goals for Week==
*Continue working on templates / Continue refining Product Lead process
*Build Prep for next week - Ensure material delivered on time. Proper material is received and adequate for build. Order any additional tooling.
*Help with Dozuki
 
==Goal Completion==
*Get all parts ordered for Life track
*Complete initial model with hyd basic structure and all systems complete
*work on burn down plan with templates and web pages for development.
   
   
#I figured out how NOT to build things, so I suppose that is a step in the right direction.
#Built multiple cages for the current 30" power cube.  Trying to utilize the dimensions given of 44”x44”x44” but the power cube is just swimming in the frame. Would need to create a frame within the frame to keep the power cube from moving. This would also make nearly half the frame empty space.
#Also, with the final build I made where the frame was built around the cube, ran into the issue of the frame still being too small to house two quick connect wheels. The frame would need to increase in width by (I'm guesstimating)  16” maybe more, and would still create unused space.
#The frame created was a good design, but doesn't accomplish what it was meant to, to house two quick connect  wheels.  Will revisit this tomorrow and follow up when I get to the FeF Thursday. [[File:PTcube2.skp]]
#Need better dimensions on the QC wheels, or at least I need to find them.
#Created a tutorial on how to install Ubuntu as a dual boot system on a windows computer, not sure where it will be uploaded to, but when it is I'll come back and insert the link. [[File:DualBoot.odt]] File opens with Libre office if you need it go here! http://www.libreoffice.org/download


=Mon Apr 15, 2013=


#Created a short beginner video on how to build a basic tube framed box for SketchUp - see first vid at http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OSHW-OSE-CNC_Torch_Table-v2
#Created a new web page in the Wiki http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OSHW-OSE-CNC_Torch_Table-v2 and learned how to embed files. Embedded the above Youtube video as well as a Google doc.
#Created an online storage medium - google drive - for OSE tech to house files to be able to access and utilize the same files instead of sending files back and forth.
#Started learning LibreCad. YouTube account set up for OpenSourceEcology
#honed my box making skills in SketchUp... I can build a 4"x4"x2' tubed pipe box consisting of 12 tubes in about 5 minutes.
#Found a good free video editing program called BB Flashback Express player, allows you to record entire windows, portions, or full screens, also has a video editing program that works very well for making tutorials, very user friendly and easy to learn. A+
#Researched suspension, chassis and drive train for the car. Looking at independent suspension vs utilizing axles. Axles would be FAR cheaper, however it may depend on what power plant we go with. The VW engine to me seems very expensive for what it is, will still need a transmission to go with it to placing the over all cost near $3,500 for a 1800 CC 50 hp motor. That is HUGE for that amount of horse power, and the old VW engines are.... not the best, rebuilt or not. Depending on weight of the vehicle... is 50 hp going to cut it, I'm fairly certain the VW engine doesn't produce 300ft/lbs of torque either or the HP wouldn't matter. Leaning toward the idea of axles and spring leafs as it would be cheaper, would like to speak to someone that has extensive experience building tube framed cars like what is used in drag cars. Think the 4"x4" tube frame is over kill and expensive, but it may make a good base for a chassis and we could utilize smaller tube frame for the cage.


=Sun Apr 14, 2013=


#Researched the differences between the Dobson Gasification unit and similar models, cross referencing cost and build. Also, did some significant research on Plasma units for a research project at Harvard, may switch to the utilization of gasification as a way to reduce local refuse and waste on a smaller scale.
=Older Entries=
#Re-wrote http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Factor_e_Farm_Guidelines http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Workshop_Guidelines to better reflect the updated methodologies that will be in place for the work shop and individuals contributing onsite. 
*[[Gary Log - August 2013]]
#Downloaded and became familiar with LibreOffice as well as Sketch up
*[[Gary Log - July 2013]]
#Created three tube box designs at 1/2" wall thickness w/hollow profile, and posted it on the wiki at http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Sketchup_Tractor_Construction_Set. Both a jpg and Sketch up file for downloading are available.
*[[Gary Log - June 2013]]
*[[Gary Log - May 2013]]
*[[Gary Log - April 2013]]
 
[[Category:Personal Logs]]

Latest revision as of 00:25, 13 February 2020

Wednesday Sept 25, 2013

  • Completed review of TCM for Audrey
  • Started organization on back hoe, included Daniel B for collaborative design efforts prior to his arrival
  • Internet went down for 5 hours, did what I could with smart phone and computer, was able to organize my home office!
  • Started on Prototype assessment while trying to make a lessons learned to incorporate into future builds.
  • Due to Internet issues hope to have BOM and cost completed tomorrow.

Goals for the Week

  • Complete After Action items for LT6 Build
  • Get started on New Project Back Hoe and Iron Worker
  • Burn down past due items, get better organization in my home office.

Goal Completion

  • Completed Life Track 6 with minimum man power.


Monday / Tuesday Comp Days

Sunday Sept 22, 2013

  • completed hydraulic mounting
  • had issues with the power beyond sleeves. They seemed yo be blocking a port or something that would make the pump bog down and fail, stalling the engine. Similar issue with life track 5. Correction was to take the power beyond sleeves out and trim them down a bit, this opens whatever it is blocking and enables the system to work. Not sure if its a issue with the sleeve, if there is something were missing. Correction did work however.
  • Life track 6 First test was completed needs the following adjustments/ Finishes:

1. Stops need to be put into place for the tilt as it will go too far.

2. Handles need to be welded to both the articulating pivot and ground hug pivot.

3. Floor for both the cab and the hydraulic bay need to be welded in

4. Wire mesh for the safety cage needs to be added

5. Loader arms need to be tested to see if a weld will be required for the corners

6. Needs hosing to be rerouted for dual powercubes / As well as more suitable that hosing for testing. "Neater"

7. Power Cube needs to be held in place

8. Channel or something that will protect the hyd tubing from the powercube needs to be added.

9. Bobcat QA need to be attached and tested.

Hours Worked: 6

Saturday Sept 21, 2013

  • All cyl mounted and tested for geometry without power

Had some spacing and geometry issue that were fixed with some movement of the mounts

  • Hydraulics mounted and routed
  • started testing procedures, however had to cut short due to lack of hydraulic fluid, will resume in the morning.

So far so good, one cyl is routed backwards from how we want it, everything else for the short time we had seemed to be working well. No clearance issues yet. May have to put a stop on for the tilt as it travels past parallel, we will see Sunday.

Hours worked: 17

Friday Sept 20, 2013

  • Now have a rolling chassis
  • Got started on the hydraulics, 2 hyd cyl mounted, need to finish up on the pins.
  • Hydraulics/Seat mount/powercube mount is what remains.

Hours worked: 11.5

Thursday Sept 19, 2013

  • Completed the bobcat quick attach
  • attached 2 wheel mounts and tires to the powercube. ready to be attached to the cab.
  • many issues arose with the wheel mounts. The space for the wheel mounts to mount to the frame was too small, forcing us to literally use blunt force to try and get them on.... not a one man job. Holes on the top of the wheel mounts do not align properly with the holes on the bottom making the use of 1" bolts impossible without drilling out the frame. Due to the extremely tight space where the wheel mounts attach to the frame, the fit issue was further exacerbated due to the welds themselves adding another 1/16 or so of an inch. Wheel mounts needed, hammers, pry bar, screwdrivers, bolts (for hammering on to align holes) and grinding of the wheel mount, weld and frame to finally get them to fit.
  • Wheel hubs cannot be taken off with just outer pin, need to be removed with the lug nuts like a normal car/truck/tractor. Utilized this incase the pin bends, the wheel wont be stuck. Can still unpin the rear pin to take the wheel and hub off.
  • Things still not put away and returned in the shop. Many things that were organized have been moved out of the order they were placed and mixed up and not put back. This makes it extremely hard to #1 keep the shop organized #2 take inventory #3 keep from losing items in the shop.

Hours worked: 17


Wednesday Sept 18, 2013

File:PivotWI.odt

  • Completed powercube with ground hug pivot installation.
  • Completed 50% of Bobcat quick attach, some cutting issues with what we received from the CnC shop, a tad too big, will have to grind down tomorrow.
  • Articulating pivot mounts placed and ready for pivot and hyd cyl.
  • Pins cut for bucket.
  • Life track build fell behind today due to lack of wheels/wheel mounts. Had planned on having at least two completed this morning. Almost have one.
  • Need to have wheels/wheel mounts completed by early afternoon.
  • Still waiting for hydraulic schematics to be completed.
  • Shop not being taken care of properly, have created a power point for with examples of what does not adhere to shop rules, and what does.

File:ShopClean.odp

Hours worked: 17

Tuesday Sept 17,2013

File:Oldlifetrac.skp

File:Loaderarms.skp

  • Finished the Axle for the power cube. Due to the separation of the pivot plates it made the over all width the exact size of the powercube. Had to make multiple cuts to get it to fit. Could try and account for error but the amount of error varies.
  • Corrected an issue with the loader arm pivoting due to design issue. Need to ensure going forward to use Dozuki for current model and only give admin rights to staff so it doesn't change. Not the first issue for this build.
  • Power cube ready to connect to articulating pivot, then waiting on Wheel mounts to be complete.
  • Basic cab structure complete, waiting on wheel mounts.


Goals for the Week

  • Complete Life track 6

Goal Completion

  • Finished design of tractor.
  • Cut list complete and cut.
  • Work Flow complete.
  • Work instructions complete except for loader arms (took 4 DPV's 2-3 days to complete WI for last life track, I've had to complete these on my own over the last 4 days.) Had to leave out how bolts went in do to time constraints, need to work in how they are placed for next build (to avoid bolt being stuck and not able to remove after construction)*****.
  • Completed more than 50% of the frame in one day.

Hours Worked: 12

Monday Sept 16, 2013

  • Work instructions, found multiple issues with work instruction due to superimposed tubes that were "inside" other that weren't noticed until the model was "blown apart".
  • Rewired the workshop so that it has wi-fi for the build/future.
  • Completed work instructions along with parts list for Cab Module.
  • Helped with co worker with some presentation issue to free them up for tractor duty.
  • Build meeting with DPV's, outlined build instructions, workshop layout, remaining cuts, welds.
  • Tech meeting with Marcin to go over current issues, WIP, hyd schematics, quick connect wheel mounts.
  • Reconfigured the network and "undid" what the tech help person messed up this weekend. Wireless is back to normal. Re-connected the printer to the network as it wasn't working with the configuration that we were left with from the tech help.

File:WorkInstructionsCab.odp

File:WorkInstructionsPowercube.odp

Build:

  • Cab complete / waiting on Wheel mounts
  • Power cube / Basic structure complete
  • Axle for powercube 60% complete, in place and tacked, needs to be fitted to the powercube frame, as of now .5 inch discrepancy.

Hours Worked: 18

Sunday Sept 15, 2013

  • Completed Cab Instructions, 80% complete with all others.
  • Researched adobe homes, found multiple instances of clay bricks set with mortar, 2000+ sqft build in a single day. End result is a permanent structure that is a "real home" utilized real stucco for the outside is some cases, others utilized the brick as it's weatherproof, unlike our current configuration. Great example of what we should be working towards.

Hours worked: 8

Saturday Sept 14, 2013

Continue to work on Work Instructions for cab, loader arms, pivot and power cube as numerous issues creeped into the Work instructions due to design creep.

Hours worked: 17

Completed cut list.

Had multiple issues with incorrect parts super imposed into the build that caused issues with the cut list.

Friday Sept 13, 2013

Corrected power cube fit issues which made the previous Work Instructions obsolete. Completed the exploded diagram of the Cab and loader arms along with an over all Parts list / cut list for the build.

File:PartsList.skp

ExplodedCab.Jpg

ExplodedLA.jpg

File:Lifetrac6PCRD(2).skp

Thursday Sept 12, 2013

  • Finished up with some design issues concerning the loader arms and cylinders.
  • Completed the work instructions for the power cube
  • Started on the Work Instructions for the Cab module.

Wednesday Sept 11, 2013

  • Completed work instructions for the power cube module
  • Created burn down list for build

Tuesday Sept 10, 2013

Goals for the Week

Finished design of tractor Start cutlist Work Flow

Goal Completion

  • worked on templates / refined Product Lead process
  • material received
  • Helped with Dozuki

Monday Sept 9, 2013

Travel to FeF

Friday Sept 6, 2013

  • Watched more videos for Auto Inventor, good progress but it is very different than what I am used to with Catia. is going to take more time than I have to do what I want with it prior to the tractor build. Ordered a manual that will hopefully make some of the more tedious things easier with shortcuts, just going to take a lot of time getting familiar.
  • looked for some wheels and tires, found some 31" tires that would work, prices between 150-220$ each at multiple locations. was trying to find a rim and tire set, nothing that would fit the tractor that was reasonable.

Thursday Sept 5, 2013

  • Watched 4 hours of video for Auto Inventor to try and familiarize myself. hoping to be able to run some stress analysis as some point. 4 hours + stopping and starting to try and learn the tools, very time consuming but informative.
  • Updates program managers for times
  • Updated program manager to reflect any issues that were behind schedule adding notes to each.
  • Movers came.

Wednesday Sep 4, 2013

  • Continued to work on burn down list of deliverables.
  • Read Lean Start as well as some research to better answer Daniel question about rapid prototyping as well as seeing if it was a process we could institute at OSE. As of now its not, it does have some good information that we could incorporate however when were ready.

Tuesday Sept 3, 2013

Things to do:

Call Honda

Check Bobcat Quick

Tractor BOM

Wheels and tires

Work Instructions

Completed the Relevance section on the Master Dev board, worked on the board most of the day coming up with things RC would be able to help with. Finished a few Dozuki categories, want to add another section for research.


Goals for Week

  • Continue working on templates / Continue refining Product Lead process
  • Build Prep for next week - Ensure material delivered on time. Proper material is received and adequate for build. Order any additional tooling.
  • Help with Dozuki

Goal Completion

  • Get all parts ordered for Life track
  • Complete initial model with hyd basic structure and all systems complete
  • work on burn down plan with templates and web pages for development.



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