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Originally Posted by lilstogi11
..., but to others who would like to view it in a negative way, they may complain of your success not knowing that you hand machine things like many of my other favorite successful teams.
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I know that Team 188 is known as a rich team up here in the Great White North. The fact is that we don't have the machinery that others do. There is an old mill that one of our sponsors has that can be used but the school frowns on us going there. We do have a mentor that goes an usually takes 1 student with him. We have also, in the last 3 years, found a good deal on laser cutting of our drive base. We still have to earn the money to pay for it.
Our team works hard for the funds. They wanted to do a summer project but didn't have the money so they started selling Freezies after school. They earned almost $1000.00 and now have the money for the off season project. Nothing comes easy. Hard work does not mean success. If you work hard and smart, use your resources well (engineers are great resources), then your odds of being successful are much higher
Remember that the so called rich teams may not have the funds that you believe them to have. They are sometimes able to maximize their money because of experience and good job planning (measure twice, cut once). learn from other teams, do not be afraid to ask for help or ideas. Our team has had a great drive train thanks to help from team 25. Our off season project involves working with 2 other teams ideas to improve our team. We always make sure that we contact teams that we get ideas from and give them credit when we get a final product. As of yet we have not found any teams that were not willing to share.