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Re: Fasteners extending outside the FRAME PERIMETER

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol View Post
Can you say "Squish!" Both of these materials would negate the whole intent of the reason for exempting protrusions in the first place, which was to ensure that bumpers were firmly attached to a solid frame member.
You can easily poke your finger into balsa wood or corrugated cardboard. But if you lay a piece of either on the floor, then place a piece of 3/4" plywood on it, and stand on it, what happens?

If there is sufficient surface area behind it for support, these soft materials will probably work very well as bumper shims, to bring the FRAME PERIMETER out past the fastener heads in the lower part of your robot.