Taking a Few Steps Forward … and Back

Today we have made several steps forward, but unfortunately we have also taken a couple steps back. Yesterday we completed the windshield mold for HotRod, and today we went to vacuum form the actual windshield. As we were vacuum forming the plastic over the mold, the windshield mold was damaged and the actual windshield cracked. Because of this, our team had to regroup and set out a new plan to fix the windshield mold so that it would not get damaged again through the vacuum forming process. We now have a new approach on how to fix the mold and to successfully vacuum form a windshield for HotRod.

Besides this challenge, we have made a lot of progress on other aspects

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