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Re: Steel on a FRC Robot

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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall View Post
for instance cost and machinability, under most circumstances—that make it a surprising choice.)
as I said for cost, it was donated (I am assuming they use stainless for what they do and said we could use some) and we didn't machine it all so we didn't have issues with that. With the load on it we need something stronger than aluminum. Stainless steel was what we had available so we used it.