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Originally Posted by fuzzy1718
Practicly our entire robot this year was made from hand tools, a drill press welder, and hand drills.
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Hey, us too! Our robot was designed in a way so that it could be built with a hacksaw and a hand drill. We actually had access to a nice mill; we walked by it every single day in the shop! But we never used it. I guess we don't build our robots correctly... (as an interesting side note, we haven't had to put a single speedhole in a robot since our rookie year in 2006!)
As for the competing in multiple regionals: The rulebook allows it, therefore it is fair in the FIRST competition. I'm personally very happy that it is allowed, otherwise we would have been non-functional in a majority of our matches this season. (we had some defective wiring to the distribution block through the entire Arizona regional, didn't figure it out until we went to L.A.)