[Christopher149]

Way cool. I don't have a photo, but I can describe a cool bit of our robot (which didn't seem to get photographed by you).

Our lift rails were 72" of REV 1" extrusion: to get it into the crate, we designed a cut in the rails where we could remove the top 40 inches or so. We took a 36" 10-24 threaded rod, cut it into 10 pieces about 3 inches long each, and turned down the diameter at one end (about 2 inches long) using a file (we learned when the cutting tools snapped the 1st of the 10 pieces). We tapped the five holes in the REV extrusion on the bottom half and inserted the threaded rods. This way, the rods would stay attached to the robot base and the top half could slide on and off of the rods.

To protect the rods, we made two wooden blocks to substitute for the rest of the lift in transport (ie in a van, charter bus, crate, etc). The system held up very well (even though it only has 9 rods since we broke one). It was very nice to have an easily transported robot and to not have to panic when we qualified for St. Louis.