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Re: paper: FIRST Drive Trains and Structures

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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
Is that 2" C-channel for the 488 Drive Train? What do you guys use to make the holes, a mill or water jet?
I think the cad was channel, but we ended up using 1x3" tube. We cut it with a plasma cutter. It worked alright - there was a lot of cleaning involved after the pieces came out. We generally mill all of that kind of stuff now.
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