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Re: Painting and Scheduling

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
We spent a good deal of time researching it, unless you have a huge surplus of labor it's better to just get a sponsor to do it.

An entire robot's worth of anodizing (for most teams) is only $100-200 as well (assuming just color, nothing hard plated) so it's cheaper to just pay to get it done.
My main thought is we could get better turnaround times this way. The frame can be out for a few days for PC, but if a part has to be anoed, you generally want it pretty fast to assemble and test. Depending on the sponsor, the wit might be too long.
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