W.E.R.C. Pregame - Preparation for Competition

March/April 2001
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Ryan cut all the connectors to shape by hand.
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Jason (a.k.a. J.T.) drilling the ends of the members for the scale model.
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And the group (minus Ty!) with the completed scale model: Abigail, J.T. Marthey, Leake, Scotty, Kurtis, and Mike.
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The next problem to solve was how to drill the members once we were in New Mexico. See how we're doing it in this picture??? Yeah, that was impossible.
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So we developed the Ohio University four-man horizontal boring machine.
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Isn't it a beaut?
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And you know what? It worked.
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It actually worked!