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Unread 01-02-2004, 22:07
Lord Nerdlinger Lord Nerdlinger is offline
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Lord Nerdlinger has a little shameless behaviour in the past
Re: Horribly behind??

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Originally Posted by Jay H 237
I know this is a little late in the game but you should try asking not only parents but also teachers if they would help. Even if they take turns showing up it's better than no direction. They might even know of others that would be happy to help. Did you try asking your sponsors or local businesses for help?

[edit] I didn't realize Redhead Jokes responded before I did (that's what I get for not hitting the refresh button enough!). From what I'm reading I'm a little confused. Redhead Jokes (294) said you turned down mentoring but your complaining about your inability and lack of knowledge. That's what mentors are for. I understand the satisfaction of building a robot all by yourself with no help, but to go it alone isn't wise. I'm not trying to be judgemental of your decision, I'm just trying to get a concept of what I've read in this thread.[edit}

We didn't really "turn down" anything. We just said that we were going to try and do it on our own this year. At that time we thought we had a machinist and an eningeer that were gonna help out, but both bailed on us. Also 294 is about an hour away, and it's difficult (if not impossible) to convey things over the phone or through email. Without being there in person it's pretty hard to get any real "mentoring" in a mechanical sense. We know the ropes now well enough to manage in terms of the paper work, emailing, getting spare parts, etc. It's just the design/fabrication that it'd be nice if someone was standing by to tell us how to do it.
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