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Re: Building the Structure of the Robot?

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Originally Posted by MICHAELABICK View Post
The best way imo is to make them in house with a cnc router or with a sponsor who has a waterjet. Either way it will be very little time investmet. Just make sure to make the gussets as thin as possible(1/16 is likely fine fo many applications). By making the gussets thinner you don't have to lighten them. In addition because you don't have to run a lightening pattern and because the parts are thinner they can be machined extremely quickly.
Uh, we have access to neither of those.