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Originally Posted by Matt Krass
I find it rather vexing that I seem to require flexing to make my Vex kit do anything impressing.
Ok now that I got that out of my system...
I'm loving my new Vex kit, built the SquareBot, tormented my cat, now I'm ready to build something of my own creation...but...
The only structural material left over is a few long strips of metal, and a few long strips of angle beam, and it seems rather difficult to turn that in to all these creations I see online.
So, How flexible is the material? Can I bend it repeatedly without wearing it out too rapidly? What about about cutting it? Does anybody ever use it in it's full length and if not, any recommendations what sizes I should cut it down to?
Should I look in to the extra materials pack? (I heard it's about $70, a little steep for me to just grab..)
In short, just how much can I do to the Vex base kit and can someone show me some examples of reasonably complex robots using nothing but starter kit parts?
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Matt,
Glad to see you've taken the Vex plunge. It is an exciting kit to play with.
The material will fatigue if you bend/rebend repeatedly.
Also, you're going to start having problems getting to the shape you want. (It's not easy to re-flatten that stuff.
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Some of the metal pieces are designed to be consumable materials.
Bend/Cut as needed for each application. However, if this isn't possible - you need to do whatever your budget dictates.
The Vex Metal/Hardware pack is great, it contains all the metal pieces and hardware that comes in a starter kit; it also contains more bearings, shaft, shaftcollars and other motion pieces.
Soon, VexLABS will be offering some additional metal pieces and kits at different levels of cost. (i.e. if the $80 bundle is too much for you, we may have a $40 bundle.) Stay tuned.
John