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Originally Posted by lewislongbottom
How does attaching stuff to the robot work? It's probably a naive question, but I was wondering if using pop rivets is as easy as fastening them to metal? (I ask because I've never seen pop rivets used on wood before)
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Yes pop rivets can be used with wood successfully. That is the way that all the angle aluminum, handles and latches are attached to the road cases that transport the fields and materials are made. Now when we made them for the PNW district we put a back up washer on them but the ones that FIRST made that I have looked at closely did not use back up washers.
Of course nuts, bolts and washers are also a option.
For the potential problem of bearing holes wanting to wallow out VEX makes these.
http://content.vexrobotics.com/vexpr...g-20141111.PDF Cut the hole for the bearing place a bearing in this mount and into the hole and then rivet then match drill and rivet the plate in place.