FaBrIcAtIoN wOrK cOmMeNcEs!!!

The moment which we had been anticipating for the past few days is here. The nitcAMPHICAR is on its way as fabrication work has commenced.
As was stated, the design work was completed by 15th October but due to the festivities and the non-availability of work-space, a delay had to be incurred.
Nevertheless, the brain-storming sessions that accompanied the designing process is now bearing fruit as the first stage of fabrication is going on. The first stage of the fabrication process is the chassis, that is the basic frame on which the entire vehicle will rest. The pictures presented in this post illustrate how the bottom half skeleton will look like.
The outer frame is first welded and then the cross-bars are appropriately joined end to end. The material we are using for the chassis is 1.5 inch size 1018 hollow steel pipes. The reason we chose this material is that it is readily available and easily weldable with the prevalent and common arc welding process. Another reason for using circular pipe is that it offers better torsional resistance which is one of the primary resistances to be encountered by a perimeter frame, like ours.
With the first leap taken, the next step is to complete the chassis. This will involve completion of the chassis in the matter of a week. Hence, challenges are many and at times perturbing, but with all these done, the nitcAMPHICAR team is buoyant and roaring to go forward to overcome each and every challenge and obstacle that comes on the way.
In the coming days, the fabrication process of the chassis is sought to be accomplished. If time permits, we would like to move ahead of our framed schedule and look out for the wheels and the steering system. However, fabrication is a process with minimal margin of error and as such we have to be determined, focussed and at the same time patient in our endeavour of fabrication.
Without asking the readers to contemplate much on the following, we would like to sign off by saying that:
"ALL HUMAN WISDOM IS SUMMED UP IN TWO WORDS - wait and hope"