New parts at Vexlabs!!

[Rich Kressly]

Hey Vexers,

http://www.vexlabs.com has more robot goodies.
Check the "Vex Mechanical Parts" and the "Vex Screws, Nuts, Washers" pages

There are some cool, affordable solutions here ... all FVC legal!

[artdutra04]

I am most definitely getting some of this stuff! :D

To everyone involved in FVC or just interested in Vex, there is some very nice stuff here that would be very useful. Some of the nice ones are left and right hand versions of the angle beam that comes in the kit. There is now 1x1, 2x2, and 3x3 angle pieces. There is also C-Channel as well.

In the fasteners section, there are longer 8/32 screws, as well as 8/32 threaded sections for connecting the threaded beams end to end. In addition to all this stuff, they also sell additional metal components and fasteners that are duplicates of the ones that come in the kit.

And if that was not enough, they also sell chassis kits (http://www.vexlabs.com/vex-metal-chassis-kits.shtml) in many sizes ranging as small as the Squarebot (7.6" x 7.6") to very large ones (17.6" x 17.6")!

[Rich Kressly]

more good news...
http://www.vexlabs.com/vex-metal-chassis-photos.shtml

[Billfred]

more good news...
http://www.vexlabs.com/vex-metal-chassis-photos.shtml
Goodness! Those things are HUGE! Like roughly a fourth of the size of an FRC chassis.

If they're as well-built as the Squarebot, you've got a recipe for some crazy-good robots on a medium-sized scale.

[petek]

... all FVC legal!
Are the foam wheels (e.g. WHEEL-FOAM-40-2PK) legal? Also, in case they miss the disclaimer on the VexLabs site, people should know that the Vex pneumatics kit is not legal for Half-Pipe, right?

[Rich Kressly]

vexlabs pneumatics are NOT legal for half-pipe hustle (and are labeled that way). Any other products there that are not legal would be labeled the same way.

There are some posts in the official game Q&A that cover this.

[artdutra04]

I know that there used to be the different bulk packages (I had ordered some about a month ago :D) from VexLabs. So I have one question about the new parts: will some sort of buy-in-bulk package be set up? I was looking at a lot of the metal components, and I think a small, medium, large, and über-huge metal componet bulk pachage would be really useful to have.

[Francis-134]

That is just about the awesomest thing I have ever seen. Good job getting thoes bigger parts. I REALLY can't wait to see some of the stuff people make with them.