frame material survey

[punarhero]

extrusions, square tube, just plate, aluminum steel , wood? . What are all you guys using??? lets take a survey

[Stephanie]

bosch aluminum extrusion. that stuff is sooo cool. it's great fun to put together and take apart three times a day ;)www.boschframing.com (http://www.boschframing.com)

[Wetzel]

bosch

[Nate Smith]

IPS aluminum extrusion...

[tareyton]

Aluminum Square tubing

[Matt Attallah]

extrusions

[Wayne Doenges]

1" Aluminum tubing

80/20 too HEAVY :D

Wayne Doenges

[Curtis Williams]

Aluminum tubing. Last year the team put wood inside the tubing some parts because we had weight to burn at the last minute.

[Kris Verdeyen]

Welded 1" Steel Angle, with an agressively pocketed 1/4" aluminum plate bolted to the top.

[Ed Sparks]

Bosch 30 x 30 mm

[Elgin Clock]

80-20 cross braces on both drive systems....oops.:(

Oh and very swiss cheesed 1/4" aluminum panels all the way around!!!

Wait a minute.....Is this tread implying there is supposed to be more than the chassis in the crate???? Oh man I have to.....Ummmm.....Ummm.......I'll be right back!!!:eek:

[Ian W.]

Thank god, we used bosch extrusion. Otherwise, we would have had a fun time, cause our design changed so many %%%% times!

[Jim]

item MB kit systems

(not the same as IPS)

www.itemamerica.com
www.item.ca
www.itemmidwest.com
www.item-international.com/englisch/index.html

All structural aluminum sytems are NOT created equal.

In the spirit of full disclosure: Our primary sponsor is the local distributor, item midwest. So, yes, our opinion is a bit subjective. However, we welcome side by side empirical comparisons.

Even though item is a growing name in the US, it is a huge player in Europe.

I encourage those interested in this topic to seek us out at the Motorola regionals or at Nationals. We are a rookie team, but with the help of item we built a pretty good all'round bot. (on time and within weight)