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Unread 16-03-2009, 18:28
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Re: Modifying

Yea Eric, I was going to remove the gate that opens which is linked to the plywood and replace it with a stationary roller powered by a CIM. The plywood base would still lift up when i want to dump, but the roller would also turn on at the same time to get the balls out much faster. It was a problem I noticed at the LA Regional.

If I could, I would rotate the entire base 90 degrees to make it a wide-bot instead of its current narrow configuration. But it's a bit late for that now. Changing to forward dumping would be nice also, but it is also a bit much.