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Re: pic: FRC488 First Sheet Metal Drive

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Originally Posted by Bob Steele View Post
Great work Madison!!
Are you able to bend the aluminum or are you attaching the flat pieces using angle between them?

Our chassis is built very similarly utilizing angle aluminum and a jig one of our mentors came up with to hold the pieces rigidly at 90 degrees...pretty slick

congrats to the designer and fabricators!!
The parts are were all bent on CNC breaks at the sponsor's shop. When the parts come in, we just rivet it together and it's good to go.
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