/challenges-projects/design-challenges/pichef/b/blog/posts/automatic-dough-shaper---blog-7-mechanical-construction-part-1Base and Platform:I decided that this machine could mostly be built out of wood. My father-in-law owns a cabinet shop, so I just used scrap pieces and built it there. For the base, I wanted to use a box, but the one I found was pretty heavy and bulkyen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/pichef/b/blog/posts/automatic-dough-shaper---blog-7-mechanical-construction-part-1Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:50:11 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3a8618b3-7076-466f-b8a2-cacb1b91e678three-phase0<p>Good start to the project build, hope the rest goes well for you.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Kind regards</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4421&AppID=183&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/pichef/b/blog/posts/automatic-dough-shaper---blog-7-mechanical-construction-part-1Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:11:36 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3a8618b3-7076-466f-b8a2-cacb1b91e678genebren0<p>Great progress on you project.&nbsp; It looks like you are moving along nicely and solving a lot of problems as you move forward.&nbsp; Good luck on the rest of your build.</p><p>Gene</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4421&AppID=183&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">