Today we finished assembling our most critical module, the MCM. Most of the manufacturing we did, aside from mounting all the parts, was turning the axle down to the appropriate radius. This was tricky because our worm gear's mounting hole has a larger radius than the bearings used to secure it. This means that we needed to turn almost all of the axle down to one diameter (1/4"), with a small section in the middle a slightly larger diameter (5/16").
The way we mounted the motor and uprights was using the aluminum square tube stock and angle stock, and we secured everything using 1/8" rivets. To do this we used vice grips to hold the pieces together so that when we drilled the holes, they would be perfectly aligned.
Here is a video of the MCM in action:
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