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Careful with 80/20

IPS is their own brand. It used to be ITEM-USA. (Not to be confused with ITEM-Germany)

ITEM has as good a product selection as Bosch or better and have strong profiles but they too are way more expensive than Bosch.

Be careful with 80/20. They are cheap, but you get what you pay for and they do not include fasteners with any connectors.

People say Bosch' connectors are expensive but that is because they come with hardware. ITEM & 80/20 do not.

With Item & Bosch you'll get good quality, large selection. FIRST has endorsed Bosch for years.

Finally, if you do some moment of inertia comparisons, you'll know why I say be careful with 80/20. Least strongest.

Go to your local Bosch distributor and they'll give you tons of scrap to play with. This is because all Bosch distributors are also the designers and fabricatin centers. We give away lots of scrap to FIRST teams.

Any teams in the NY/NJ area are welcome to come by and pick up as much scrap as you can carry away with you.

Now start designing people. Good luck to everyone !

Tony Giammarinaro
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