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Re: Is Teflon legal?

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Originally Posted by mrjones2014 View Post
My team is building a scissor lift this year, and to help reduce friction, we were going to use Teflon bearings. This is my question: are we allowed to use Teflon in FTC? The manual says "Standard bearings and bushings", but what exactly does that mean? Are Teflon bearings considered "standard"?
Just wondering, why Teflon bearings? and not ball bearings which I assume are legal and would perform better.

Also this is an FTC question just for anyone that didn't catch that.
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