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Originally Posted by phr34kR
I'm just wondering if melamine sheets would be close to what the surface is like? or is that what people are meaning when they say the stuff on the walls in bathrooms? if so there seems to be plenty of suppliers in New Zealand selling the stuff. Also yea by the looks of it we can easily make the balls out of polycarbonate and access to a table saw which I'm sure everyone here will be able to get access to. (i already have a stockpile of polycarbonate that will be perfect for making the balls lying around at home) 
Tim |
Melamine might do it but without exact specs you won't know. I think it also is maybe a more heavy duty one like you see making the walls in food processing plants maybe takeaways. The trouble is unless a sheet of it has been shipped to NZ you can't go and do a touch test for comparison.
I doubt many teams have a stockpile of polycarbonate.
Where did you get yours from? Do you have the size dimensions etc please?
Part of my original post is also on the time spent on having to try and find the field, make the orbit balls. This takes away from actual robot design / construction. Then in the 2009 case if the practice field you have isn't exactly right, when your drivers get to regionals they will have to learn to drive all over again. Depending on the difference of the coeffecient of friction.
See you at the next Vex comp.