Spent a large part of today welding and manufacturing the 'cage'. Had bought steel the day prior from Scott's Metals, and taken it to the UQ metallurgy workshop to get cut into segments. I went back to UQ early this morning to make some additional cuts and adjustments of the first segments. Had lunch, started welding, and as it turned out, the welding rods we were using in the Arc Welder were either old or too big, so we had to go purchase some. Also it is next to impossible to see anything at all through the welding masks.
Considering neither James nor myself have ever used a welder of any kind ever before, our results were awesome. We cleaned the welds using an angle grinder. Just before 5 it began to rain, and unfortunately rain and raw steel doesnt mix well, so we called it a day. Returning to welding tommorow morning, aiming to receive the new 100w motor via express post tommorow aswell.
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