WEEK 3: Metal SmartDrive Rotor, Getting a WOF for car, Repainting bumper

This week I worked on constructing the metal rotor which encases the SmartDrive motor stator.
I had test CNC routered an end cap out of plywood which will be made of steel, welded to the surrounding magnet rotor.

My teacher Mr Smith is working on getting the plasma cutter going to try cut out the rotor surroundings more efficiently, which I roll in the metal rolling machine and weld the seam shut.

Anyway, the test strip, which I calculated the length wrong, I rolled into the rotor shape which happened to be too small (I used the inner magnet diameter instead of the diameter where the magnets attached), but I was still able to prove the effectiveness of the idea. I will continue working on this through mechanical class.



I also booked in a warrant for the car, which it failed on only a couple minor things thankfully, which was the wheel bearings adjustment, rear view mirror, headlights adjustment and brake light. I changed out the inner right tail light bulb and found a rear view mirror at CREW which had a very convenient suction attachment. These were only a couple of dollars which was nice ($5 for 2 brake bulbs and $2 for rear view mirror) which helped keep costs down.

I also tried aligning the headlights and tightening the front left bearing, but couldn't manage to do the front right bearing as one of the bolts was stuck on holding the assembly on. Anyway I will try get these repairs done at Clint Boon to get the WOF sorted.

Another thing I worked on was repainting the entire bumper with the cheap $4 gloss yellow paint from Supercheap Auto. This worked quite nicely and has helped the look of the paint a lot. The colour difference is noticeable though between the bonnet and bumper, but it is still a lot nicer than before.