Thread: Prototype material of choice?
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Re: Prototype material of choice?
The first two years we used steel. Lots and lots of steel. I am the welding teacher in Becker and we have one TIG welder that is 20 years old and doesn't handle aluminum well. Needless to say we always fought to keep our Robots underweight.

This year we transitioned to Aluminum and we still were cutting weight at the last moments! We used a lot of hardware this year...

We are finally looking into a new TIG welder - hopefully we can find a good one for under $1500!
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