Calendar MP3

MP3 Calendar
Week of February 4-8

4. Continue work on MP3 calendar, after finishing it, hand it in

5. Update blog, correct midterm, and send it to mentor

6. Construction- start to mark and measure all items that will be made of lexan

7. Construction-finish all marking and measuring; cut out base pieces.

8. Construction- finish cutting base, start cutting sides, sand sides and bottom; update blog

Week of February 11-15

11. Construction- Finish sanding sides, and perform a dry fit of materials

12. Construction- After performing dry fit makes any corrections needed; start on drilling holes, update blog and mentor

13. Construction- continue drilling holes.

14. Construction- Finish drilling holes.

15. Construction- Run dry fit of all pieces update blog and mentor

Week of February 18-22
18. NO SCHOOL

19. Construction- start measuring and cutting claws, update mentor, and update blog.

20. Construction- Cut and sand claws to proper size.

21. Construction- Sand claws, and mark holes on the claws

22. Construction- Run dry fit of all materials, making any corrections where needed, update blog and mentor

Week of February 25-29

25. Construction- Place rods and through gears, and secure them together tightly, place gears with rods on base, for dry fit.

26. Construction- create motor support, update blog

27. Construction- continue work on the motor support

28. Construction- place motor on support and make any corrections if needed.

29. Construction- drill pilot holes for screws in all pieces of lexan, update blog and mentor

Week of March 3-7

3. Construction- screw top of the arm to the rest of the arm, make any corrections where needed.

4. Construction- Attach plastic rod to shaft of motor and run a trial of the gear system, update blog

5. Construction- Make any corrections to gear system fro previous day, and run another trial

6. Construction- Attach claws to gears, and assemble the whole arm.

7. Construction-Run trial of completed arm making any corrections needed, update blog and mentor

Week of March 10-14

10. Construction- finishes any adjustments and run a trial under water

11. Update blog, Construction- Make any corrections after trial run in water, and perform another trial

12. Construction- make any corrections after water trial, attach arm to ROV

13. Construction- attach arm to ROV and run tests

14. Start Press release, update blog and mentor

Week of March 17- 21

17. Work on press release

18. Update both blog and mentor, POOL DAY- prepare for pool day

19. Fix any problems that arose at pool test, finish press release.

20. Make any corrections to ROV after pool test.

21. NO SCHOOL

Week of March 31-April 4

31. Start presentation outline.

1. Finish presentation outline, and work on mentor contacts, update blog

2. Finish mentor contacts and prepare for pool test, update mentor

3. PRESENTATIONS- Hand in mentor contacts

4. PRESENTATIONS and pool day

Week of April 7-11

7. PRESENTATIONS

8. Fix problems from last pool day; prepare for new pool day, update blog

9. Make corrections from yesterday’s pool test

10. Prepare for pool day

11. Make corrections for last pool test, update blog