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Re: Mystery Sprockets

I'll second everything else here. With the short operational time of FIRST robots, we can get away with aluminum and shockingly narrow safety margins all over the place simply because we can always swap a spare and there's not a lot of time for things to go wrong.

Off-topic:

Guys, he just said he doesn't think they have the capability to machine steel. 57 enjoys playing with chop saws, lathes, mills, and rotary dividers as much as the next team, but come on. Telling people "shame, shame" because they don't have machine tools? Is this where we're headed?
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