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NOTES DONE We split into different teams to get work done rails and arms: we assembled the arms in the new dimensions and put the holes in to mount them to the drivetrain iwht the gussets that werre already on there and replaced the 80-20 prototype with the new arms. We realized we are going to need a LOT more laterall stability so that will require some sort of bracing. The rails have been something hard to design because everything seems so arbitrary but we cut pieces of 80-20 to support the rails where shooter wanted the balls to be help. The supports in the front are taller so that the rails slant backward and hold the ball in. We are going to figrue out how to attach the rails to the supports tommorrow (either screwing in from the side or tapping and screwing in from the top). We have not eveloped the angled parts at the front yet. side note: The bolts on the outside will technically satisfy size restrictions (as there is an allowance for bolt heads) but it would be better if they were button-top (flat head) bottom motor mounting: found out that we need new screws to be able to connect the plate to the motor and hopefully that will be bought at the hardware store. --We need ~3/8 inch long m4 bolts-- We can mount that straight onto the inner 80-20 piece and the encoder plate to the outer piece. the motor cannot go below the top of the drive train because of the electrical components. It will be positioned on top with the the far edge of the motor within 7 inches of the front of the gearbox so we avoid the battery. This will put the motor really far from the upright supports of the feeder so we may have to make some sort of angle in the chain to avoid hitting the ball with the chain. This will require a coupling of the chain by putting two sprockets on one shaft at the bottom of the support peice. The encoder plate will attatch to the far 80-20 piece by way of a not yet created L-bracket. high motor mounting: we found out that using the plate the mounts to the front of the motor will not work to be able to get the sprocket outside of the square-channel arm while staying within the frame perimeter. So a new plate was developed that sits parallel to the output shaft and is under the motor by using the side holes on the motor. the plate has been cut but the two sets of holes (to mount the motor and the square channel) still have to be drilled We decided to use the old form of hex shaft b/c it fit through everything but the new hex shaft from mcmaster is a little too big.

see work done. A challenge was that jack was not here

keep working on all of these tasks. It should be pretty sclear that a fair amount of work is still needed on each section

we only have a few days before peoria so we REALLY want to get this stuff on by then so we having something working. WE are putting full power into this feeder