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Originally Posted by s_forbes
...spacer inserts for tubes. These let you do through-bolt connections that can be tightened without crushing the tube, so you actually have a strong bolted joint. For VexPro in particular, spacers like this that fit their Versaframe extrusion sizes could be very useful for some teams.
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+1 million on this one.
In recent years, we usually end up 3D printing all of our anti-crush supports, or else making do with lots of little cut-to-length tube spacers. With the first option, we waste time redesigning and printing the custom support blocks every year; with the second option, we waste time fumbling with (and dropping, losing, and needing to cut replacements for) dozens of tiny round spacers during assembly and maintenance operations.
Standard anti-crush supports that fit inside the VersaFrame extrusions, on the other hand, should be fairly cost-effective if injection-molded en masse!