Free Stuff WOOHOO
 

Hey check this out FIRST is giving it away

http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/yardsale2002.htm

and can we possibly take into account what there giving away to mean a change in the kit.

Hmmmmm...... (Thinks to himself how much those teams with the forfty motor drives will have to go back to the drawing board when they relize FIRST is eliminating the Fisher Price)

Thats during River Rage I guess you could go in between matches or something.

River Rage and the Yard sale are across the river from each other but with traffic, I would count on about 15 minutes one way. But, an advisor could always go I guess.

Twenty teams coming as of today....

im dumb... im moving my post to here


can anyone pick up some stuff for me?

http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/yardsale2002.htm


with them just giving away all of this "surplus" stuff, maybe we will be getting some "new" stuff this year. they're giving away motors for free. hmmm....

Hrm, Im not doing anything this weekend..... Indianapolis Intl to Manchester for one day.... That might not be too bad, and heck i get a 70 pound weight allowance on the plane.... :D

i agree. why elese would they get rid of all the old surplus materials from the past. :) iwonder if that includes old FIRST signs ;) could use a couple of those to liven the shop

w00t!! I'll be there, I'll see if anyone else is interested in missing a match or two of River Rage to go!!!

If your interested in going find me at River Rage, I'll be hanging around my pit area (Team 237) and will more than likely have a camcorder in one hand! Find me early so we can plan!!! like around 8:00-9:00
I have room for about 4 people in my car, with trunk space as well. I have to see if anyone from my team wants to go first but, if there's room I'll be more than happy to drive. Let me know if anyone is interested.

Find me early so we can plan. I don't want to have a team advisor of yours think I'm trying to kidnap anyone! LOL

NH to IN and back - just drive
 

I drove out to Indiana (from NH) and back on a weekend a few years ago. Figure 1000 miles each way door to door. Leave Friday morning and get to Manchester in time to pick up free goodies. Nap a bit and drive home. You could make it for SUnday diner. I did. :)

hell yea i will be there, i lovvvvvvvve free stuff, how do u think i built my battlebot???(muahahaha)



Badjokeguy

Meh I can't go lol I live too far away form NH. Ooo well thats why there is surplus.:) Two of the best used motors for battlebots are surplus.

Hm, I wonder why they're giving away the crimp tools and pneumatics equipment as well. Does this mean some change in the electrical or pneumatic portion of the kits? Pre-crimped wires seem inconvenient.

hmmm....

*pondering*
Yea it was kinda weird that they had a case of Thomas&Betts crimping tools, they are like 30 bucks a peice, i got three, but it seemed strange. o yea we might not have the chip's next year, its gonna be a mystery


Badjokeguy

what was in the giveaways?
 

anybody know exactly what was given away today? It might be a clue at what might NOT be in the kit this spring. The loss of window track motors would be a personal loss for me....

WC

Some things I saw:

• casters
• ball bearings
• Belimo torque (orange) motors
• Mabuchi motors
• Window Motors
• Fisher Price motors & gearboxes
• Pneumatic cylinders
• Pneumatic tanks
• Rocker switches
• Crimp tools
• Heat shrink tubing
• Electronic work boxes
• Johnson Electric motors
• Micro-switches

I know for a fact that one kid on my team got a box of 18 Atwood Chipuha motors.

maybe he could have shared - no need for taking 18 of anything (except really small things), let alone an item that MANY teams would have loved to have.

Gracious Profesionalism please.

Tom

you cant use any of the motors on next years robot anyways. what are you using these motors on for a project that is out of season?

I thought the Atwood motors were not part of the yard sale (at least, that's what I heard from the person standing on the dock).

In any case, if there are any teams around Hopkinton, MA that didn't have a chance to go up there, we'd be glad to share some of our motors. No Atwoods, but I did manage to snag some Mabuchi motors and some that I can't quite identify (they have a black cover in the back, with two prongs sticking out -- old Johnson motors?). So, just PM me if you're interested. (But you'd have to come to us in Hopkinton.)

The motors with the black cap on them are Johnson motors... they should say Johnson inc or somthing to that effect on them.

We didn't get much, a few FP and window motors, some project boxes and a cylinder or two. The big score for us was a half dozen of those excellent big crimp tools. Those are great, they give a lot more crimping/cutting force then the all purpose stripping tools, a great feature for the less burly members of our team. I was told there were boxes of them. I'm amazed that FIRST would give away such great tools for free, each one must cost $15 to $20 retail. I suppose this means they won't be in the kit anymore. :(

Oh well, I won't complain. We only have one other pair, and it's always being used when you need it most.

-Andy A.

AS i recall, the reason he got 18, was because that was they were only giving them away by the case(18). So he did not do anything anti-gracious.

badjokeguy

w00t
 

Well it looks like Amanda Morrison and I will most likely be making the drive out there from Indiana to rock the river rage and to get some stuff from FIRST. Due to John saying that 'we have to come check out how the east coast does it'

I heard someone say its about 1000 miles? Rock on!

wow, talk about a resurrected thread...

Yeah, This thread was for the one last year (02) but I guess we can make it abut this years too!!

If you read the posts in this thread, you will notice talk of people taking more than what they need, or what they will use.. or just plain being greedy!!

As we novices to the "free stuff at first giveaway" already know, the items in the giveaway are more than likely obsolete in the upcoming years competition.

So, if you are taking stuff to "stock up" for next year, forget about it!!!

But, if you are taking stuff to bring back to your teams to practice with and give the newbies and idea of what the materials sometimes consist of and the motors work and such, then take stuff.

Just don't be greedy!!!

There was a person at last years giveaway that took 4 batteries..

That's a little much don't you think???

Anyways, just remember two words people; Gracious Professionalism!!

edit: Ok ok, I'll have to admit something here!!! I walked out of the tag sale last year with 5 boxes of crimpers... In each box there were 10 crimpers.. So in total I left the giveaway with 50 crimpers..

BUT... I can vouch for all 50 of those crimpers that each and everyone of them found a home between FIRST teammates and friends!!

Besides, there was a whole pallet full of them when I got there!
:rolleyes:

Any-who......

I'm looking for someone to make the trip with Josh and I...

If anyone from the Midwest wants to make the trip for the Yard Sale and River Rage, let me know. We'll stay Friday night, and make the trip back on Saturday/Sunday.

Get a hold of me as soon as possible. Either PM me or reach me at ammorrison@bsu.edu.

wana stop by ft. lauderdale and pick me on up... make it a trip.. we have nice beaches

T-minus 4 days till the free giveaway at FIRST HQ!! (oh yeah and River Rage too!!)

R U E ?

The great DJ Fluck may bless us (at River Rage) with his presence?? wow. You should come DJ, just to show how far you will go for free FIRST stuff.