[Jeffrafa]

As far as timing, our team built up our practice robot, then got everything anodized on the final one before any assembly. Obviously this isn't always a viable option, as you must be building a 2nd to go this route, but it worked out well for us.

The anodizing company we used turned some parts around same day for us, since we were pushed - although a couple parts were next day. All was donated, which was nice, so additional expense due to turnaround time wasn't a problem.

I can't say much in the way of tolerance, our wheel bearing blocks didn't make it to anodizing. The tapered bearing blocks in our transmissions did get anodized, but the difference was negligible and didn't pose any problems.

- Jeff