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Bolt cutters:
Used for cutting everything, except bolts.

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PENCIL: The thing you loose (along with your sanity).

Safety Glasses:

What you always forget to take with you to the hotel at night

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WIN PUMP: A tool as mysterious as a UNICORN, yet has attributed to the amazing innovations of two FRC teams in particular.

(We may try to steal one this year just to figure out how well it works...)

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Crescent Wrench = Hammer
Ratchet Handle = Hammer
Channel Lock Pliers = Hammer

Hammer = pry bar

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Crimpers =/= Pliers! Ever!! This misuse results in an angry electrical subteam and bad crimps, so don't do it!!! :ahh:

In other news, zip ties are the new duct tape, because unlike duct tape, zip ties do not usually remove hair when they are used as emergency hair ties. :yikes:

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Or pry bar lock, when you need the pried item to stay in place but think you'll need the pry bar elsewhere.

And there is nothing that can't be solved with a bigger hammer, whether it's sold as a hammer or not...

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First girl I see do this wins forever.

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*ADJUSTABLE hammer.

Fixed that for you.

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Which one? The zip ties or the duct tape?

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Zip Ties as a hair tie. Quite possibly the cutest hair accessory ever. All she would need then are 1714's FIRST Earrings and 3D printed clothes.

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You have not seen this before? Almost every girl on our team (and sometimes dudes with long hair) does it at regionals.

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The girls on 840 braid their hair and make ziptie mohawks, pretty cool idea.

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Zip Hair Ties need to come to Michigan, like, now.

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Soldering iron : used to melt plastic to apropriate shape

Drill bits: useful when broken to use as keystock

Steel pipe: useful for breaking drillbits for keystock

50 ton press: useful for exploding bearings

Engineers: very useful for working knoledge of physics, cad and ROBOTS Also useful for not accounting for bolt space.

Safet glasses: Very useful for protecting you whole body, with safety glasses you WILL not get hurt EVER ::safety::

Mouths: useful for holding onto and cleaning keystock, masterlinks and fasteners

impact gun: good for crossthreading holes

bottle caps: make good cirvo mounts

ipone oil: cutting oil and tap lube