I'm a little confused why you all think this is so heavy. That weight includes our entire electronics board; drive motors, air-tank, and compressor. There is a full 65 lbs. available for a scoring device. Last year's drive train weighed 50 lbs. without electronics, pneumatics and the upper frame! And we never had any weight issues!
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Originally Posted by Qbranch
...and sports 1" center free fit holes accomadating 1/4"-20s...
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I hate those little holes. They are always exactly where you
don't want them to be! Which means that you have to create an oval-shaped hole to bolt on the desired part.
This is exactly why we use the bosch. The 80/20 has linear grooves that make attaching anything a breeze. It also makes tensioning chains very easy, just slide the pillow blocks down the grooves and tighten the bolts. We only use it in the base to save weight.
Our team used the Kit Bot in 2006 and it was a big pain. There just isn't a good way to keep things adjustable with it.
As for the wheels we bought them from Andy Mark. Our little CNC isn't powerful enough to make a wheel in a reasonable amount of time. It would take all day to make one wheel! The AM Performance wheels are great, but they're really expensive. Next year we'll probably just use two of them in the middle and the kit wheels on the corners to save weight and money
