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Originally Posted by Knufire
I've been looking into better optimizing parts for machine time over this off-season, especially gearbox plates like these which sucked up a ton of waterjet time for us. One thing I'm exploring is using unpocketed 1/8" plates with additional standoffs, after looking at 2826's robot.
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We have run unlightened 090 5052-H32 gearbox plates without any bends for a couple of years. The only issue we have had is that the VEX hex bearings (or at least the old ones) don't press well in thin plates due to the excessive undercut. We fixed that this year by using thunderhex. That said, our opinion is that the gearboxes are louder when made of thin plate. We are looking to go to .1875 plates with lightening this year due to getting some additional machining resources, we will see how those end up.