
21-12-2008, 12:54
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1557 alumni, 4639 mentor
AKA: adam spears
 FRC #4639 (RoboSpartans)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Rookie Year: 2007
Location: Houston
Posts: 957
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Re: pic: Another Cheap Wood Frame Idea
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Originally Posted by squirrel
The dimensions are based on a few things that you can probably be the best judge of....length and width a bit less than the maximum allowed, the inward offset of the sides is enough to allow the wheels and chains of your choice, and the height is enough to fit the transmissions in. We chose 26" x 36" x 5.5" overall size, and 2.25" side offset. You can do whatever you want!
Yes, we used Titebond premium wood glue, because there were three bottle of it in the fab shop, and we used 1/4" crown x 7/8" staples because they were in the pneumatic staple gun, and it seemed like they'd work. You could use nails, brads, small wood screws, other sizes of staples, etc. Just beware that using a fastener into the edge of plywood is not very strong, so getting a good glue joint is kind of important.
And thanks for all the great info Rick!
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ever thought about taking a piece of aluminium angle for each corner and bolting the wood to it, as well as gluing the corners
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Adam Spears
Team 1557 2007-2011 student-Lake County FL
Current Team 4639 mentor- Houston TX
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