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Re: Jigging Tubing Before Weld

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Originally Posted by SerpentEagle View Post
I'm looking to eliminate the need for gussets on many places on the robot next year, hopefully cutting fabrication time down by a good amount. I was wondering how teams jig together their frames prior to welding (other than using gussets). A good example that I could think of would be 254. Any ideas?
As Anthony mentioned we use gussets almost exclusively for weld prep.

It saves so much time for us and the welder and it yields far superior results in terms of alignment/squareness/flatness/etc of the finished weldment.
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