12-03-2006, 22:37
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Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Rookie Year: 1996
Location: Herndon, VA
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Re: Machining in the pits at regionals
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Originally Posted by Gary Dillard
Thursday at Central Florida Regional they made an announcement in the pits that you were not allowed to cut metal in the pits, all metal cutting and machining had to be done in the machine shop. The origin was reasonable enough - someone was grinding in the pits and sparks were flying so they made the announcement. I went to speak to the safety reps to clarify the announcement, and they said cutting "plywood or plastic" was OK, but not metal. They said that the interpretation they had received from FIRST for "tools that cause sparks" was any metal-on-metal fabrication, and they were trying to make things consistant across regionals.
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Gary -
It sounds like a slightly over-exuberant pit announcer and safety rep. There is no rule against metal-on-metal fabrication (otherwise, fastening a screw with a metal screwdriver would be prohibited). While this is, hopefully, an isolated incident it is probably worth taking it to FIRST just so they know and can make sure that no one else runs up against this.
-dave
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