A brainstorming meeting was held today to nail down our goals, and verify that they are achievable within the timeline for the competition. Below is the summary for this meeting:

1. The stepper motors will be relocated to align them with their respective rotating shafts/lead screws to remove the bevel gears to increase print quality and overall ease of manufacturing. We are planning to machine the drive mounting components for our prototype, however stl files will be available so that they can be printed from shapeways (strong and light material) in order to manufacture the TOME from home. 

2. We will be switching from a pinion wire drive to a square shaft drive. This is a dramatically cheaper option and simplifies the drive design significantly. 

This week has been quite hectic for both Corey and I, this weekend we will be doing a large portion of the CAD work for this project. I will be focused on the overall XYZ motion system re-design, and Corey will be focused on the extruder and hot end design.