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Originally Posted by Koko Ed
I'd say 1592 and 801's beats everybody's story for all time.
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+1 to this.
My favorite emergency repair story is from 2009. We had an intake roller made from polycarb tube. It worked perfectly through two reginals, championships, and IRI, but during practice matches at GRITS (offseason competition) we collided with another robot and broke the roller in half. We hadn't brought much in the way of tools or parts, so we thought we were done.
I and another student made a dash to a local hardware store and had no luck finding anything that could be substituted. Then the student found a piece of chrome sink drain that was a tight fit inside the polycarb tube. The hardware store was kind enough to cut off a piece of the drain tube, we also bought some super glue. Back at the venue, we covered the drain tube with super glue, and pressed both broken parts over the tube. We were back in business and ended up winning the competition.