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Re: VersaFrame by Vex Robotics

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
We have a lot more success by clamping the frame square using large C-clamps before riveting. Still takes awhile to get it square, but it holds very nicely once its there allowing for easy mass riveting.
This is what we do. To get it square, we use the bellypan as a reference to align all the 2x1. We have some 36" steel rulers graduated in 0.01" increments, so we use those as a good gauge of the length of the 2x1 when we cut it.
Generally for most/all of our gussets we just cut and drill the gussets on a drill press and bandsaw. Then we clamp it to the 2x1 and drill through.