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Re: Alternatives to Welding?

I have to ask, why use tubing at all? Check out my team's (1501) building method. The best thing we ever did was to embrace monocoque construction. We use 0.040" thick pre-painted aluminum sheets for 90% of our structures and I believe our bots have shown their strengths over the past few years. Monocoque structures can be built with simple hand tools and even rookie students can be making usable parts with minimal training. We have embraced it, it has done us well, it looks good and you don't have to wait for the paint to dry!