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Unread 16-09-2004, 23:17
Rickertsen2 Rickertsen2 is offline
Umm Errr...
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Re: Best frame building material

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Originally Posted by Cory
80/20 is only light if you weld it.

When you add in all the connectors, it gets very heavy.

We have used 10/10 since 2003. It was nice since we could just slide stuff around to get it out of the way to access the innards of the robot, or realize that we made a design error and slide a few bolts to correct it. In 2003 we used all the connectors, which added up to be a pretty hefty penny. We didn;t have an issue with weight, but then again, our robot only weighed 90 lbs after we ripped our entirely ineffective stacker off it

Cory
Thats a pretty good idea.. Did you have to sand off the anodization first?
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