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Originally Posted by Cory
Well you wouldn't be able to make a gearbox plate to pocket, without a mill, so this is kind of an apples and oranges comparison.
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I mean, you don't NEED a mill to make a gearbox. It helps but it's certainly doable on a drill press, I've seen it done. Of course, you could pocket with a drill if you REALLY wanted to as well and just make your bot look like swiss cheese.
The big question is, if you don't have these resources and you don't know how to pocket wouldn't the resources being consumed be better placed by leveraging COTs components during the build season? [1] With the low cost of various planetary boxes and the wide range of reductions available in off the shelf spur gear boxes I question why any team that didn't make Einstein last year would need to design custom boxes [2].
I'll go back to writing code and stop nitpicking.
[1] Obviously not a question directed at you/254, more a general thought.
[2] From a functional standpoint, many of teams have the resources and knowhow so it make sense to use it to save weight/money but for teams that DON'T have resources to do it easily, use COTs.