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Originally Posted by Karibou
- One thing we did this year with great success was using old totes to store materials for specific prototypes/subsystems. Everything for our shooter went in one tote, everything for the intake went in another, etc. Makes it easy to keep work and parts together when you have to pack everything up every night.
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We did this extensively when our build space had to become a classroom the next day - I second it. However, you must make sure that tools (especially tools of which you have only one) are not allowed to take up long-term residence in a project tote. Be sure to have someone NOT part of that project go through the tote every few build sessions, and before any prolonged interruptions in the project. When the project is done, COMPLETELY EMPTY the tote as soon as possible. We've wound up replacing several perfectly good tools and parts that way.
This stuff. It's great for controlling spacing if you can design on an 0.1" grid. We mark the holes to be drilled with a sharpie, then clamp and drill 1/16" pilot holes. This leaves the template for future use; remove it and follow up with final hole sizes. This is great for making unusual versaframe gussets, including on the 3-4-5 triangle, laying out grids of LEDs or knobs, and (with a little planning) even making a passable oval slot with only a drill press and hand file.
We regularly use plastic pegboard for control panels - its easy to tie-wrap or bolt pieces down quickly, and also easy to secure the board, esp. to versaframe.
Like polytechnic, we also use cardboard (usually corrugated) to make templates, but also for flat pieces such as polycarb cover panels for the control board several years and our aluminum-plate profile risers in 2016.