Week Two: Starting the Build

Starting out the second week was a lot more exciting. I had already cut and bent all the pipe for the buggy, and now i had to put the coping on the pipe so that the pipes will fit together flush. To put the coping on the pipe I had used a milling machine. The picture on the right is me using the machine to put the exact angle on the pipes. previous to this I had never even seen a milling machine in my life so this was a whole new experience. My dad helped me out and taught me how to operate the machine. and after a couple practice cuts i got the hang of it. after putting all the correct copings on all the pipe the bottom level of the chassis was our next goal for the day. with the help from Armando and my dad they taught me how you need to have a table and be able to draw out the plans in full scale just to make sure everything is right and there's no mistakes. so that was the next step, I took a tape measure and a long straight edge and drew out the bottom of the chassis. After it was all drawn out the next step was to weld tacks to the edges of the lines i just had drawn so that the metal could rest against it.

Now it was time to start welding the bottom tubes together. This was fun because i love to weld and watching the metal go from tubes to actually looking like something! after all this we called it a day and now I'm just looking forward to next week!