[Travis Covington]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

I'm curious how many teams that anodize their parts build their robot (or parts of it) first, then tear it down and send it off to be anodized.

I'd love to find the time and the resources to get our machines anodized, but usually I'll be hard pressed to take something apart once we've put it together and I'm a bit nervous about sending off parts that may not even fit together.

We never assemble anything before powdercoating or anodize. We check dimensions and slip fits, but do not do any final assembly at all. There simply isn't enough time, as you said.