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| 31 Mar 2005 | |
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| - Intern Matt Freund finishes a designdraft for a scale presentation model for the MPS Mk-1. | |
| 30 Mar 2005 | |
| - Intern Matt Freund installs extension electrical in Maint Bay 3 while John paints.
- Earle installs a doorjamb and doorknob in maint bay 1. That should prevent the wind from ripping it off its hinges again. | |
| 29 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle and Intern Matt Freund work on prioritization of the infrastructure-only tasklist, and start compiling mech projects. | |
| 28 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle, Heidi and Intern Matt Freund re-arrange the ranchhaus to seat more people comfortably. Now that we have 4 people on site 24 hours a day, the space crunch is becoming more evident.
- John sorts welding scrap while Earle and Matt compile a list of existing and remaining infrastructure projects (154 at present). | |
| 27 Mar 2005 | |
| - Izumi machines three hinges for maint bay 3 while John paints the header boards in maint bay 1 and 2.
- Intern Matt Freund attaches the cover metal and hinges to the door for maint bay 3, while Earle affixes the hinges to the maint bays and John assists. - Intern Justin Luecke de-solders new arrivals of scrap electronics. | |
| 26 Mar 2005 | |
| - William Hebert has left the project.
- Intern Matt Freund installs a backerboard, rails, and the parts for 100+ parts bins. - Earle, Izumi, and Justin Luecke review last weeks Pilot Interface Initiatives, and set a schedule for revisions. - Izumi adds reinforcement braces to the door frame for maint bay 3. | |
| 25 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle and Intern Matt Freund begin a 24 hour work marathon: Salvaged wood and metal, cleaned up temp electrical runs in the Electronics Workroom and around the Safety Cabinet, migrated and sorted a stack of 2x4 and 4x4 lumber to their proper place, repaired and tested two soldering irons, performed a test-cut and fit on the alum plates for the mech's 19'' rackmount gauges (which fit perfectly). 19 hours to go.
- Migrated the uniforms to the Conference Room, moved yet another stack of lumber to its proper place, and sent a bunch of wood to the fireplace pile, moved the Acura out of the maint bay, and moved work truck #2 back in, migrated the plywood, caster wheels, and other goodies to their proper homes, away from the mech bay door, installed two large drawers in the Electronic Workroom, and made lunch. 14 more hours to go. - Repaired the light in the drafting room, moved palates and 8 appliances into the MCF-1 Compound, created designdraft, sourced all materials, and cut and marked pipes for Maint Bay 3's garage door. 10 hours remaining. - Migrated remnant insulation to the storage trailer, installed three catwalk braces, and bored concrete holes and installed all 6 lower post brackets, mounted the catwalks and Intern Matt Freund tested them even though they were not affixed. He is still alive, so I guess they passed. 6.5 hours to go. - Izumi arrives just before the finish line and welds up the door for maint bay 3, and Earle and Matt finish off the day with a re-org of the tool shelf, materials, and a new plan for the 500 plus parts bins with 50,000 plus parts (including removing, and sorting the old parts bins). | |
| 24 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle and Intern Steven Kurtz finish the Tool Control Program document.
- Discussed a collaborative effort with Harmony Gold, to be included in ROBOTECH.com's Robocon at Anime Expo. | |
| 23 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle and Intern Matt Freund start the morning shift by cutting and machining all the floor brackets for the catwalk brace posts. Installed the last catwalk brace post.
- Earle and Intern Steven Kurtz discuss and officiate the merger of the Tool Control Program and Inventory Control System while Intern Matt Freund finishes the mudwork prep for the ceiling in the barracks. - Intern Ryan Marlow acquires an original copy of Pojo's Unofficial Gundam from back in 2000. - Interns Steven Kurtz and Ryan Marlow write the first 40% of the TCP/ICS document. - Earle, John, and Intern Matt Freund install the first catwalk support brace. | |
| 22 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle and Intern Ryan Marlow purchase a seal puller, digital multimeter, lightbulbs, lightboxes, socket adapters, and 3/4'' ratchet.
- John and Intern Steven Kurtz fill in trenches in the road despite the rain. - Earle and Intern Matt Freund finish pre-tape prep work on the barracks ceiling. | |
| 21 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle, John, and Intern Matt Freund machine holes and attached the front swayrail to the walking platform.
- Intern Ryan Marlow arrives bearing biz card info and flier drafts for the upcoming convention. - Intern Steven Kurtz arrives and discusses the Inventory Control System / Tool Control Program options with Earle. - Earle, Heidi, Intern Matt Freund and Intern Steven Kurtz sort the 1000 plus electronic components. - Interns Ryan Marlow, Steven Kurtz, and Matt Freund move the remaining barracks bathroom toilet and bathtub indoors while Earle cracks the whip. | |
| 20 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle and Intern Matt Freund discuss turning the concept custom keyboard into mech hardware.
- Izumi welds the front torso box mount structural reinforcement while John assists. - Matt makes a template and bores pilot holes in the front swayrail. - Izumi welds an angle iron frame into the MCF walkdoor in an effort to keep out the wind. Earle and Intern Matt Freund install the weatherstripping. | |
| 19 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle and Intern Matt Freund start the morning shift at midnight, and carry a six hour marathon to de-solder over one thousand electronic components.
- Earle throws together a designdraft, and Izumi welds the structural reinforcement for the rear torso box frame mounts. - Intern Justin Luecke arrives and Joins Earle and Izumi discussing the next week's schedule on the Test Pilot Interface Development plan. - Intern Matt Freund makes a template and drills pilot holes while John assists. - Earle and Intern Justin Luecke break bolts free from extra brackets attached to the rear torso mount. | |
| 18 Mar 2005 | |
| - After new sparkplug wires and a replaced ignition system, the company Porsche roars to life (well, 120 hp worth of roar). | |
| 17 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle and Intern Matt Freund spend 4 hours disassembling salvaged electronics for component value.
- Intern Matt Freund solders connections while Earle finishes the wire trace for the Porsche. | |
| 16 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle and Matt Freund start the last run of mud and tape in the barracks. Earle does patch work, and leaves Matt to finish everything else.
- Earle and John bleed the brake system, and remove ignition from the company Porsche. - Removed another replacement ignition system for the aforementioned and wrote up a wireplan. | |
| 15 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle and Intern Matt Freund discuss and officiate plans for Sakuracon booth and propaganda. | |
| 14 Mar 2005 | |
| - Intern Matt Freund finishes sanding down the barracks walls, preparing them for another round of finishing.
- Earle and Intern Matt Freund install ceiling fans and lights in the barracks, and bring in the sink and a toilet for the barracks bathroom. - Earle and John migrate items from third floor storage to their proper places. - Intern Matt Freund muds two corners, two re-muds, and some patch spots in the barracks. | |
| 13 Mar 2005 | |
| - A team effort affixes the torso rotation hub assembly to the sway support box, and test-connects the weight distribution hub. This marks the first completed moving parts of the mech, and the most number of mech systems together to date.
- Earle paints the swayrails and photographs all parts. - Izumi welds the walkdoor seams together and adds angleiron stopplates to the doorjamb. - Earle and Izumi repair and run 300 feet of perimeter lighting while Intern Matt Freund wires a photoelectric receptacle. - John removes the rear brake assembly from the company Porsche, and installs new brake system components. | |
| 12 Mar 2005 | |
| - Intern Matt Freund sands down half of the barracks.
- Earle and Izumi affix the spindle and assemble the torso rotation hub. - John and Earle do tuneup on the company Porsche, replacing smoglines, sparkplugs, and fuel system components. - A team effort bores the holes in the sway support box to attach the torso rotation hub. | |
| 11 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle and Intern Matt Freund machine the torso hub rotation platform.
- Intern Matt Freund does fine detail filing on the spindle while Earle and Izumi cut the clearance hole, weld shims, and bore the connecting bolt holes. That adds one more mech part to the completion list. | |
| 10 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle and Intern Matt Freund collect mech parts from the storage shelf for the legs, and potentially resurrecting the discarded plan for torso rotation.
- Earle works on securing another round of Internal funding. - Earle and Intern Matt Freund make a template for the torso hub rotation platform. | |
| 09 Mar 2005 | |
| - Izumi arrives for the late shift and joins our intrepid heroes John, Earle and Intern Matt Freund in removing the toe springs for the mech from the donor vehicle.
- Test Pilot Hideyoshi Izumi and Project Coordinator Earle Bishop visit New Wave Entertainment in Los Angeles, to film interview footage to be included on the MGM re-release of the Terminator movie. - Earle, Izumi and Intern Matt Freund install electrical lines, zip boxes, outlets, switches and overhead lighting in the maint bays. Followed by a quick cleanup, this makes the maint bays officially ready for anything we will need them for. | |
| 08 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle and Intern Matt Freund make the first pass mud and tape on the barracks walls, completing up to the 70% level.
- John prepares a rough of his presentation for Sakuracon 2005. | |
| 07 Mar 2005 | |
| - Christopher arrives and stays long enough to drop off a donor car for mech parts. | |
| 06 Mar 2005 | |
| - A team effort seals off the gaps between under-bunk storage area and walls in the barracks.
- Richard and Intern Justin Luecke flush the screwholes in the barracks while John performs last minute screw-ins and Earle and Intern Matt Freund mud and tape about the first third of the walls. - Intern Ryan Marlow and Earle review new flier and bag stuffer design drafts, Intern Justin Luecke submits incremental work on his test pilot setup, and John and Intern Matt Freund do further work in the elec storage room. | |
| 05 Mar 2005 | |
| - Richard and Intern Matt Freund finish re-org in the elec storage room.
- Prep work for mud/tape in the barracks. | |
| 04 Mar 2005 | |
| - Intern Matt Freund begins reorganization of the Electronic Storage Room, in an effort to turn it into a work room.
- Richard arrives, bearing a double oven and Intern Ryan Marlow. - Intern Justin Luecke arrives. - A team effort installs two shelves in the elec storage room. Now we have space for 72 more parts bins. | |
| 03 Mar 2005 | |
| - Intern Matt Freund reorganizes the rec room. | |
| 02 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle, John, and Intern Matt Freund finish wallpapering the rec room. | |
| 01 Mar 2005 | |
| - Earle and Intern Matt Freund perform touchup wallpapering in the rec room.
- MPS turns five this month, and celebrates an entire year of daily progress. | |