Thread: Welding on a completed robot.
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Re: Welding on a completed robot.
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Originally Posted by Foster View Post
We have a 95% completed robot (wooh!) but we need to weld a brace at the top of our ball hopper. We are welding AL, in two different places. The question is, do I need to dismount the section I want to weld, or can I weld it in place. The issue is what to do about the cRio. To remove the cRio is a 2 hour task. I can pull the boards from the device and disconnect the power connections.

Thanks!
Foster
Don't do it.

I lit our IFI robot controller on fire in '07. I melted a lot of the plastic... Amazingly, it still worked.

If it is too much work to weld. Why not pop-rivet or bolt on the brace?

If you can remove it fast. Go for it.
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