Forum: General Forum
12-22-2016, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,935
Re: Rivnut Tool
We use rivnuts a bit, and use both aluminum and steel rivnuts. Aluminum ones are easy to install with a manual tool, and easier to replace than steel rivnuts. Steel ones appear to be a bit stronger...
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Forum: General Forum
12-16-2016, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 16,391
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Forum: General Forum
12-14-2016, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 996
Re: Meeting Schedule
Dialing back build hours, scoping the robot design to our capabilities, and planning efficiently has lead to improved success for my team in recent years. Speaking as a former student and current...
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Forum: General Forum
12-13-2016, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 78
Views: 16,391
Re: Wrecked Aluminium from chopsaw
One of the most important things to consider for safety is using the right tool.
I, and the shop where my team works, recently got one of these:...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
10-24-2016, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 176
Re: Engineering Class Survey
The survey feels a little incomplete...
Would I be willing to pay for a feature that improves fuel economy? Yes, assuming the ROI was under a reasonable time limit, like 2 years.
It is worth...
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Forum: General Forum
09-07-2016, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 4,015
Re: Build Spaces?
After many years, some more tumultuous than others, 95 has partnered with a technical high school that gives us access to a shop, computers, and our own meeting space. I would strongly encourage that...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
06-22-2016, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,638
Re: pic: OmniSwerve Pivot Top View
Are we all ignoring the fact that this is a swerve drive with omni wheels?
Might I ask the obvious question: why swerve with omni wheels?
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Forum: General Forum
06-15-2016, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,054
Re: Guidelines for Parents
Outwardly, it would be helpful to remind parents that they are representing your team at competition, that they hold your team's reputation in their hands when they don a team shirt (so to speak). We...
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Forum: General Forum
06-13-2016, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 78
Views: 16,391
Re: Wrecked Aluminium from chopsaw
Trip to the ER for an open fracture in your finger, missing a() finger(s), or other injury.
Material setup can vary from saw to saw. I setup a piece of angle wrong in a chop saw and received an...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
06-03-2016, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,412
Re: Is Welding Worth It?
There is a school of though that suggest stitch welding may be superior to seam welding for certain applications. If a crack starts in a stitch weld it will break through one stitch and then stop,...
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Forum: General Forum
05-31-2016, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 7,166
Re: The negative effects of FRC
We all must ask ourselves: why are we doing this? No one is twisting your arm, there are no personal negative consequences for pushing hard, or taking it easy, or not doing FRC at all.
I think it's...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
05-20-2016, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,412
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Forum: Technical Discussion
05-20-2016, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,412
Re: Is Welding Worth It?
This is quite a vague question that depends much on the team. As Andy A said, 95 welds where it makes sense for us. Welding, especially with sheet metal, opens up a lot of design flexibility that we...
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Forum: General Forum
05-18-2016, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 8,416
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Forum: Electrical
05-16-2016, 08:29 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,466
Re: Tips for new 'Head of Electronics'
Ratcheting crimpers with the right die for all your applications that are properly adjusted and tested. Frankly everything else is secondary to getting your terminations right. This won't be super...
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Forum: General Forum
05-11-2016, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,101
Re: Team Falling Apart
It sounds like you need to develop a team mission/charter and other policy documents. A constitution if you will. Something that embodies the spirit of your team and the overarching policies to which...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
05-05-2016, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,665
Re: Best CAM software
We've had no significant issues sketching bridges (tabs) into HSM works, only takes a few moments for the 2D parts we do (robotics or otherwise) although we do pull to safe z-height and then...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
05-05-2016, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,665
Re: Best CAM software
Another vote for HSMWorks. Andy A and I use it drive a CNC router, two different mills, and a CNC plasma cutter.
What do you mean by 'tabs'?
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Forum: General Forum
04-18-2016, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 113
Views: 11,422
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
03-30-2016, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 11,257
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
03-30-2016, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 88
Views: 11,257
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
03-30-2016, 08:29 AM
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Replies: 88
Views: 11,257
Re: The REAL chokehold of 2016
Check R19 very carefully, specifically the example in the bottom right corner of Fig. 4-4. There is no such thing as a convex frame perimeter, by definition frame perimeters cannot be convex.
If...
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Forum: General Forum
03-22-2016, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,365
Re: NEforecast: Week 4 UNH
The Grasshoppers have been grinding away at high-goal shooting in the background this season... we hope to demonstrate vision tracking high-goal shooting this weekend. Always nice to be mentioned in...
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Forum: Career
03-08-2016, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 198
Views: 34,992
Re: What's your day job?
I have a new day job designing tooling, fixtures, equipment, and processes for FujiFilm Dimatix industrial inkjet print heads.
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Forum: Robot Showcase
03-03-2016, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 12,299
Re: FRC 95, The Grasshoppers, Build Thread
One of our programming coaches has come up with an interesting side-project he calls Pit Hub. He has setup a wired network using a Raspberry Pi to run Git Hub in the pits, so programmers can operate...
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