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Originally Posted by sanddrag
That is a really nice document. Once the white papers are back up that is where it belongs. I do agree with you that democracy on a robotics team does not work. A dictatorship is probably a better choice. Also, the chassis and drivetrain are indeed related and it is wise to combine them.
In your document, I don't think all that procedure is really needed but I do think it is very good procedure. Do you actually plan on following all of it? Also, I strongly admire the building practices you listed in there.
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Thanks for the compliment. Once I go back through and revise it, I will certainly consider submitting it to Chief Delphi's white paper section.
What procedures specifically do you think are unnecessary? I intend to follow pretty much everything in there (unless my team members strongly object). Almost everything that I wrote is in there because one year or another, something turned out badly and having this or that procedure in place would have prevented a lot of trouble.
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Originally Posted by sanddrag
I wrote this to my team once:
No more "hold it up and mark it" No cardbord templates for production parts. No drilling through multiple pieces at once. No using whatever fastener is available. No measuring by eyeball (unless unpractical to measure precisely). No, "just cut a piece of angle" to mount things. No filing to make parts fit. No adjustments to make things work right. No spacers to make things fit right.
Measurements will be taken with calipers, not tape measures. Every part will have a tolerance. Nothing will be "about 7 inches" it will be 7.000 in. Everything will fight correctly in the drawings, and when it is assembled. No gaps, no spaces, no tight fitting parts.
We have done terribly SHOTTY work in the past and I'm not for that this year. We use mills and lathes, not hack saws and files. Hack saws are for hack work, the kind we don't do. If any work shall be done using standard tools, it shall be cleaned up and brought to specification on precision machining equipment.
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This is good practice to follow... However, I would contend that a better, more concise way to state it would be "use the right tool for the right job". There are times in FIRST where a hack saw is the best way to go. And there are times when a band saw is best. And there are times when a mill is required. The key is to recognize when the extra effort of a mill is needed, and when it isn't. Unfortunately, the only way to learn this is by experience.