02-04-2013, 13:27
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Jim Zondag is my Spirit Animal
 FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Manchester, Connecticut
Posts: 7,003
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Re: VEXPro - After the season
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Originally Posted by Jared341
As a meta comment to all FRC suppliers this year I will say that one of my bigger frustrations has been with all things hex.
Finding straight, well-toleranced hex shaft that has an decent fit on runout- and wobble-free hex bearings/gears/sprockets has been a real pain. We had to mix and match hex products from VexPro, AndyMark, West Coast Products, and McMaster (and re-broach/clean up some pieces ourselves) to make assemblies that we could slide together while still being mostly runout/wobble free.
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Quoted for truth.
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['16-'xx]: Mentor FRC 2170 | ['11-'13]: Co-Founder/Mentor FRC 3929 | ['06-'10]: Student FRC 11 - MORT | ['08-'12]: Founder - EWCP (OG)
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