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Originally Posted by Drew_trak
One issue may be getting the chassis square. Our team machines 90degree gusset plates and I dont know if you guys have access to a mill.
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In 2014, for Aerial Assist, we had no mill, and a run-down (ok, vandalized) cheap drill press. Despite this, we had no problem keeping our c-channel and tube chassis square. We used steel COTS flat corner braces and tees, in the same width as the channel and tubing for gusset plates. It was heavy, but not so heavy that we had to remove any mechanisms or drill any "speed holes" to pass inspection. It would have been even easier if we had bought four 90 degree corner clamps (which we discovered the next summer).
Our chassis was not only square when we built it, but survived a regional of Aerial Assault with no noticeable issues, excluding only our manipulator which reached outside the frame perimeter to pick up balls (and which was NOT so well supported on the corners).