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SFXSARNIA

12-01-2006, 13:59

Question #2:
We found the plans for a gear box posted on the Chief Delphi site. They
were posted by another team. As we do not have a machine shop at our
school, a local company has offered to make the parts for us and we will
assemble it and use it in our robot. Is this permitted by the rules?

Tom Bottiglieri

12-01-2006, 14:14

Parts are allowed to be bought off shelf, or custom manufactured by students or sponsors. Therefore, this is legal.

We have a local machine shop sponsor that does our transmission each year.

BillP

12-01-2006, 14:56

Parts are allowed to be bought off shelf, or custom manufactured by students or sponsors. Therefore, this is legal.

Just remember to properly account for the cost.

Alan Anderson

12-01-2006, 14:59

See the manual, specifically <R41>, <R46> (the Part Use Flowchart), and 5.3.4.4 Additional Parts - Cost Determination. Unless the machine shop is officially a team sponsor, you need to count the fabrication labor in the cost accouting you provide to the inspectors, even if the labor is donated.