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Re: Whats the Best way to do Bumpers?
This past season we made two sets of bumpers. We put threaded inserts into the plywood. Then we attached the bumpers to the robot with thumb screws.
We attached the fabric to our bumpers with staples. We find that this works best. After we staple one side of the bumper we pull the fabric tight( a 2 person job) and staple it while gradually moving down to the ends of the bumpers. this leaves us with bumpers that are very tight. We like test them by flicking them if it is wrapped tight enough, you will hear a subtle drum like sound.
Unfortunately Im not sure what the best bumper design is that I've seen, there are alot of methods that have the same result.
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