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Re: bumper customization?
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Originally Posted by Andrew Blair
Anyone wonder how FIRST is even getting fifteen pounds out of the bumpers anyway?
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Not all plywood is created equal. Hint: the best plywood for the purpose doesn't come from Home Depot.
It's a pity they specified plywood for the backing board. Our front and rear bumpers (more like collision protection bars) last year were 4/4 red oak. They had significant quantities of dings and scratches, but our robot was otherwise untouched. Plywood is pretty wimpy stuff by comparision. If you think of solid lumber as nature's own composite material, in plywood have the fibers are going the wrong way in an application like this.
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