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Re: Couple of Rookie Team questions

No tools are included. You will probably also need a considerable amount of other materials as well, as the kit gives you the basics for a chassis and control system, but very little in terms of the components that you will need to accomplish most of the tasks necessary to score most of the points available.

Our workshop is very limited (basement of the convent next to the school) and most of our tools have been donated or accumulated over the years. We seem to use the following tools most often:
Cordless drills (need to be powerful because we drill a lot of holes through a lot of aluminum - I personally like the DeWalt 18V - found some for $99 on Black Friday)
Wrenches or ratchet sets
Screw drivers (unless using the drills for this)
Dremel (we use it all of the time to trim off excess material without having to take parts off the robot)
Band saw for aluminum (for robot) and wood (for prototypes). We have a separate bandsaw that can cut steel (for the axles)
Power saw to cut our decking for the robot
Drill press (for more precision, when necessary)
Calipers (electronic), measuring tapes, right angles
Wire cutters, wire stripper, wire connector, soldering iron
Crimping tool
Vise grips
Clamps
Rubber mallet
Hammer
Metal punch (for marking your drill holes)

I find that we also use a lot of basic hardware - 8/32 and 10/32 machine screws with nuts and lock washers, 1/4" bolts in various lengths with nuts and lock washers.

I am sure that there is more, but this is a quick list off the top of my head
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