In past three years, our team has welded together an aluminum frame (hot metal, flying sparks, random passerby blinded over the shield at 8:30pm, what's not to love?
). Last year, we had it professionally done when we realized something was wrong with our MIG, and our team spent more time fixing it than actually welding. Usually the students weld... This type of frame is sturdy, bottom-heavy and we can always include our traditional 10-degree wedge, but can cause difficulties in adjusting or repairing the drive train. This year, we're going to try to design a frame that is just as sturdy but doesn't require extreme flexibility in the hands or a robot tipping to fix the drive train.
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"There's no finer engineering than pit engineering." -kaszeta
"Show a girl how to use a wrench, and she'll put those skills to use for a lifetime. Hand it to her and tell her she's probably better off shopping, and she'll clonk you over the head with it, do your pneumatics system, and CAD the robot." -Amanda Morrison
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