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Re: Tube Versus Channel
We use almost all 1"x1" square tube. In some places we use 1"x2", but very little of it.
If you look at our 2012 robot, the lower level of the frame is 1/8" wall, mainly because we have our drive wheel bolts mounted through it. The front and rear pieces where the shooter mounts are 1/8" wall. All of the rest is 1/16".
The robot frame is almost all welded by students. They practice a lot in the fall with welding scraps of the 1/16" wall to get good at it. It is easy to burn through.
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Chris Fultz
Cyber Blue - Team 234
2016 IRI Planning Committee
2016 IndyRAGE Planning Committee
2010 - Woodie Flowers Award - Championship
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