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Re: Building the Element

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Originally Posted by stinglikeabee View Post
How does it "feel"?
Our EMT based pyramid was unwieldy to build (we built for rung squares, and then added the legs, then the goal assembly. to add the goal we screwed it from below into the goal tray. When we used a clamp as a 'hook' to hold the goal down while screwing the structure flexed and pieces moved about 3" or more from their rest position. I wouldn't want to hang a robot (full weight) from the middle of a low rung and it will flex a lot, it not deform.

We used screws to attach the legs to the 2x4 wedge pieces -- we should have pre-drilled with a long bit because some of them started to split...
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