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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
Well it's one of those things we never did. My mentor is pretty used to the way he's being doing things and has not been questioned much. It usually works out but whenever I mentioned in the past square of rectangular tubing he told me we couldnt use it do to lack of welding equipment. He's finally come around but not in time for this season. The thing is this year we got sponsors so stuff is going to change for next year.
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Aluminum tubing doesn't need welding. You can easily make good quality (strong, lightweight) aluminum tubing structures with as little as a drill, a hacksaw, tin snips and a riveter. If you have any questions on design or manufacturing best practices, you're welcome to ask here.
Back on topic, our build is a few days behind schedule, as usual. We have our robot ~90% designed, our practice robot driving and ~80% assembled, and our competition drivetrain being fabricated.