[Arefin Bari]

Tell you the truth Mike, I cut my pieces the way I want to. Whenever I design a robot, I make the pieces for that robot. Later, when I am building another one, those pieces come into use sometime. I also have an Edubot kit which helps me a lot (hardware wise). I use those pieces with my vex kit. If you think you can afford it, it would be good to buy the hardware kit. I also have small kits including, omni wheel kit, chain and sprocket kit (thanks to Neha), gear kit. You can do a lot with vex. Don't limit yourself when you are building. Good luck.

... I would like to see a post by Art in this thread to see how he manages his pieces.