[jvriezen]

I'm with Jon. Went to a local electrical contractor, told them what we are up to, and asked for red and black stranded 14 ga and 12 ga, and got a full spool (500') of each donated.

I've found that my new team was somewhat clueless as to how easy it is and how willing folks are to donate to a robotics team, once they hear a bit about the team. It usually goes over a bit better than the marching band wanting to go to Florida for spring break and looking for money.

Since I came to the team, we have donations of goods/services including the wire, a desktop CAD computer, a media laptop, some Lexan, limited printing/laminating services, and oh, yeah, from a primary sponsor, lots of aluminum and laser cutting of that aluminum and custom bending fabrication services -- all for free.