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That all depends...
Posted by Carolyn Duncan at 05/16/2001 3:58 PM EST


Student on team #495, The Pack, from Jamestown High School and VBEP/Raytheon/Saic.


In Reply to: How important is a machine shop?
Posted by bill whitley on 05/15/2001 4:34 PM EST:



It all depends on the people you have on the team. Team 495 had 1 band saw, 1 drill press, and many hand tools. If the people on your team are unwilling to use hand tolls or work a little harder to do something beacuse you don't have the tools to make it easy, you've got a problem. We had VERY limited access to William and Mary's equipment, we had one welded piece on the robot which was not a key part. The biggest difference tool availability makes is what material you use to build. Our robot was a wooden platform with a metal frame and manipulators. The metal was easy to cut through with a hand saw. The bottom line is you make do with what you have or you don't do.
C-ya,
Carolyn


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