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Unread 17-01-2008, 14:04
Justin M. Justin M. is offline
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Re: Welding?

We had welded chassis for 2005 and 2006. Last year we machined one and bolted it togther, much better IMO. We're doing the same this year. We don't have the resources to weld ourselves, so it needs to be sent out to one of our sponsors. Needless to say this takes up time and miscommunications could happen along the way. Plus like other people said a broken weld could be game over for your robot. Bolting things together might not be as strong, but if you break a bolt or something, you can just put another one in.

Plus we try to have as much, if not all, work done by us in our shop(s). It just gives us complete control of what gets done with the robot. We all have communication with each other during the build process incase we need to make last minute changes for whatever reason.
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