Final Fabrication Update

Side plates (left), drum pieces (top right), and the remains of the 4140 steel plate that the drum pieces were cut from (right)

I received an update email from TruFab this morning and attached was the image shown above. The side plates and drum pieces have been cut out.

It appears that what they have left is the side armor and top and bottom plates which will all be water-jet cut out of the 1/16" poly-carbonate, and the counter sinks in the side plates. Their machinist is out for the holiday so the counter sink work won't happen till either Friday or next week and the entire job is expected to be finished by mid next week. Super excited to get the parts and start the final build. There are some small adjustments that I will have to make in concerns to weight as the weight changed slightly due to the material change for the drum pieces. Possibly might have to go to 4 drum pieces instead of 5, additionally I want to design a front wedge/scoop using the Lexan to attach where the side armor will be attaching on the side plates to allow the bot to win battle for the low ground.