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Originally Posted by Carol
MOE uses two rolling workbenches that were built in the robot lab by the team over several years. They have two overhead, removable shelving units. Dissassembled, the whole pit can fit in the back of a pickup truck for transport to events. One workbench is shown above. They have a built in vise and I think a drill press.
You can get Autodesk drawings and a ppt presentation on the design at http://moe365.org/moepit.php
We don't like overhead ceilings or walls either - too limiting. And it's nice to be able to interact with your neighbors. We also don't really have room to display banners or large signs. But in addition to the workbenches there is a tall separate shelf to display info about the team and some small assorted boxes for parts. The setup can adapt to any size pit area.
We used to have a 25 (green of course) tower with a rotating light on top that was made from some scrap carpet stretchers a team member found. But now they have height limits, so it was cut down to 10 ft and now has an electronic message board on top and a clock. |
WOW! I like them even better than ours. I expecially like the "Book" Shelfe you have over top. This could probably be something we could add to our pits pretty easily if we got everything donated.
Something I would highly recomend to teams that are planning on building pits it that Extrusion (ex. Mosch, or MK Extrusion (we used MK)) is the way to go, because it is so easy to build, and easy to modify. Though it isnt the lightest thing in the world you would have an easy time working with it and transporting your pits to and from competitions. Putting Casters on you cabinets like we do and MOE has are the best possible thing (especially if you have a ramped trailer). Preventing Any type of injuries is the best thing you can do.
Pits are something I always want to have nice looking, because i'm in there all competition and I wouldnt be able to stand going to a dirty and unorganized pit to fix the robot in the heat of competition. It saves time too.