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Originally Posted by dtengineering
Note my bold. As soon as you process or manufacture a functional form, it is no longer a raw material.
It is quite possible that the presentations of the rules, and intent of the rules is to allow for 3D printing. It is also possible that the rules will be amended, but if you read the rules as they exist now, 2.d.1 is pretty clear that as soon as you manufacture something useful from your raw material that it ceases to be a raw material and can no longer be used on the robot.
I'll agree that it doesn't make a lot of sense, and I'll certainly agree that it doesn't say what I want it to say, but I'm pretty sure that that is what it says. 3D printing is a no-go.
Jason
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I still can't agree with you on this.
If they're saying that you can purchase raw materials, and only use raw materials, then that's
completely and utterly useless. I can't do anything with a raw 2" x 2" aluminum sheet because it's not within the dimensions of the bot. Going by what you're saying, I can't modify it either because it would then be "fabricated" because it's actually useful now.
I sent an email to some FTC officials asking for clarification, will post when received.