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We will try again to build 2. We've done that now for about the last 5 years and it really helps the drivers practice and learn what the robot can do and what it can't do.
The main thing is to plan it out so you only set up the machines once when you cut, drill, or machine. While making both sets of parts we also make spares at the same time - same thought process - set up once, so your parts are more likely to be true duplicates.
And the students do 80% or more of the work, because we have so many parts to make - someone has to do the cutting, drilling, and machining so it might as well be them.