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Re: Is Welding Worth It?

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Originally Posted by SystemS View Post
welding is worth it if your design requires more customization than can be done to a kit bot frame. When a student is capable of welding a chassis correctly, the first time, it is quick and not a bad idea. One year a sponsor did it for us it was done wrong, after 2 weeks. That year it would have been better for a kit bot frame.
Why do you have to weld to have a not kitbot frame?? This year we had an 090 bent sheet metal chassis that had about 600 rivits in it with no welding.
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