This seek we completed the frame for our parabolic concentrator. Luckily one of the guys on our team is a welder, enabling us to make a metal sub-frame for concentrator. To do this, we first drew the curve of our parabola on a table. After the curve was drawn, we then used it as a template to bend the steel rods into place. Ideally we should have used a tubing bender, but our resources were limited, and we did the best we could with what materials we had. One of the pictures above shows the "tool" that we used to make our steel parabolas. To enable adjustments, which will allow us to focus it, we welded little slots onto the steel parabolas. We tapped the slots, and now using simple bolts we will be able to focus the direction of the parabola in twelve different places. This weekend we will be fine tuning the parabola, and then we will start on the actual energy generation aspect of this project.
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