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Re: Sheet Metal

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Originally Posted by roystur44 View Post
If you want to teach kids about engineering yes you do start with a drill press and chop saw but in the end you want them to know how to design and build a robot using a 5 axis tube cutting laser using the latest in CAD technology.
The point was that laser cut panels are not required to build a quality robot. The quality in the robot comes from the decision making process and the design that follows. That is the part of engineering I want the students to learn. Also, you can use the latest CAD technology on c-channel robots (search for some of the images I've posted.)