[nixiebunny]

Originally Posted by orangemoore

It looks like it is going good. I am interested in seeing how this turns out because we have gained access to a similar machine. It is a 4'X8' Shopbot. And being able to confidently believe a drive train out of wood will hold up would be really nice to know.

I do have a few questions

Where did you get the wood/what product is it?

Do you plan to use this for FRC next year?

How do you plan to test it? How will you know it won't break?

The wood is 1/4" 5-ply Baltic birch from Woodworkers Source. They sell 5x5 foot sheets, which we cut into sixths for the 29x17" laser cutter.

We do want to use this as our competition bot design (more or less), if it works. We plan on building a few iterations now to get the hang of it. We want to make a practice robot that we can bang up to get endurance information.