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Re: pic: 3647 Frame

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Originally Posted by CalTran View Post
Dang...if that girl's up for some more speed holes, your team could make some serious cash selling that stuff...

Looks beautiful!
Thanks for the compliment, she won't be repeating the feat this year though. Our design doesn't call for much drilled extrusion and we have a sponsor with a laser cutter.

But for teams looking for a nice way to build robots in a small shop, I would highly recommend this method. The holes don't have to be perfect to be useful, just close enough. We used a 13/64 drill bit so it's a clearance hole for a #10-24 and small enough for a 3/16" rivet. We did it all on a cheap Ryobi Drill Press. Most people don't believe it when we tell them it was done by hand.
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