Starting to put cladding on!

The center ring:


Last minute welds to prepare for cladding:


Measuring the cladding:


Curting the cladding:


Two riveted panels:

Minor design tweak

I went to Tukwila to check out larger tires. I swapped the 18" x 5.5" tire I had for a 20.5" x 8.5" tire. It has a load capacity of 1110 lbs. It's a big fat wide tire, and costs $35 more. Raising the car an extra 4 inches should create just enough room for it. Total cost for raising the ground clearance and re-designing for a larger tire is about $200.

a Milestone!

The frame is complete and everything fits. Yay!

More Pie Slices

More pie slices ... almost a full circle!

2-D to 3-D

Making great progress!

Welding!

Dogdish has physically progressed from 1-D to 2-D. After lots of careful measurement and cutting, the pie-slice sides have finally begun to get welded together! Can't wait for 3-D pie-slices... coming soon!

BM Grant

We completed our BM grant application and mailed it on Saturday morning. I have no idea what our odds of getting support are but it's quite a nice document - 43 pages.

You can find it here:
http://www.liden.cc/lars/Grant.pdf