cold
 

hey i guess i can't complain when we get 2 hour deleys from school because the elementry school kids would freeze if they had to stand at the bus stop in that wind

By the way - we have had 2 delays today and tomorrow!!!!!

:p

Does anyone have drawings (or at least photos) of crates such as the one described in the first part of this thread? We have a volunteer to build our crate for us and I'd love to have one versatile enough to be our pit workbench and storage area if we can build that into it.

BTW:
Metro Phoenix forecast
Today
H: 75
L: 52
A weak low pressure trough will pass over leaving some clouds for Thursday and keeping highs from jumping into to the upper 70's. The weekend looks fine with above normal highs.
Fri H: 76 L: 50
Sat H: 75 L: 51
Sun H: 75 L: 50
Mon H: 74 L: 50
Tue H: 73 L: 49
Wed H: 73 L: 47
hehe!

I think as much effort goes into designing the crate as designing the robot. It's going to be the craziest crate you've ever seen, or so I've heard.

Weather wussies.....its nice and warm up here...


TORONTO

18 Hour Forecast:

Evening
FLURRIES
-11°

Overnight
PARTLY CLOUDY
-20°

Morning
CLOUDY PERIODS
-15°

Extended Forecast:


Friday
CLOUDY PERIODS
LO/HI
-20/-10°

Saturday
PARTLY CLOUDY
LO/HI
-11/-4°

Sunday
SNOW
LO/HI
-9/-7°

As for the crate, we just used plywood last year, and it only held the bot.

This year, since we're going to more 'exotic' locations, we're building to max size (4x4x6), and puting the bot, tools, etc in it. Gonna build some shelving in for sure, might make it a table as well (since the tables we get at the comps are crap-tacular).

And as far as I know, we're just gonna be using plywood again. Might re-enforce it with some spare extruded aluminum. Maybe we will have some Lexan left over....Maybe we can put in some viewing portals....

support
 

What type of geometry did you all use to support the plywood sides (i.e. Crosses like on the sides of barns; or strait pieces along sides or up and down)
- how did you seal it so that it would stay shut and so you could open it easily

Thanks

As for geometry, just sturdy wood was support enough for us last year. All we did was put a smaller, inset rectangle of 2*2 on the plywood sides that opened, and they fit snugly inside of the larger 4*4 frame.

As for sealing, all that we needed last year was a simple hinge-locky-thingy that was on each of our movable sides.

Make a crate that just holds all your parts, if you can, try doing it better than everyone elses.



OT: Temperature Wind Chill -35F In Minnesota.

400 LBS!!!!!!!!!
 

DO NOT! DO NOT GO OVER 400LBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It will coast you BIG time at the Event!
This is the voice of experience (all BAD, can you say $$$$$$$)
FEDEX has a limit,
Freeman decorating charges by the POUND, at each Event!
we are going for 375lb

KEEP IT LIGHT!
Geo.
P.S. See below.

huh
 

will the compitition charge you if you are over or just the shipping company

and i thought it was 300lbs

Ben:
Its the draige CO. and I think it was .79 cents a pound!
300lb ?? i have to look that up, thanks!
Geo.

Nope. 400 lbs Admid, sec.12.1
Pack light,
Geo.