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Re: Low Cost Field BOM

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Originally Posted by SuperDanman
Good point. On the other hand, steel pipe is also on the list... if they felt it was necessary for steel piping in one place, I'd think they'd have steel piping for all the places its necessary. Unless its something crazy like they expect contact with the 3" piping, but less contact than is needed for the 2" piping... I wish I knew.
Maybe the steel part is just for the most critical part that could be damaged by normal practice while the PVC is for less critical parts. For example, if there were posts around a puck-like piece as some people have suggested, one piece could be made from the steel so that a team could practice pulling themselves up while the others are just there as dummy pieces to represent other steel bars. Or something else could be done with the metal for the most load baring parts while the rest are PVC to represent the rest of the steel on the actual piece.
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