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Re: What else do we want?
Posted by Lloyd Burns.
Other on team #188, Woburn Robotics, from Woburn Collegiate and Canada 3000, ScotiaBank, Royal Bank Financial. Posted on 6/27/2000 8:13 AM MST In Reply to: What else do we want? posted by Andy Baker on 6/22/2000 7:12 AM MST: Personally, I've never understood why bearings should be in limited supply. I doubt if any commercial venture would tell the Engineering Department 'Well, make a machine to do this and this and that, but don't use many bearings ... company policy forbids more than three on any project.' The other chafing point is the requirement to use 10 AWG for ALL the motor wiring, without supplying the limp 10 guage wire which would be useful for flexibility in the tight quarters around the connection to the motors. The manufacturers who supply wire with their motors usually don't supply 10 AWG, and last year I was very happy to be allowed to use Fisher Price wire on the FP motor; it had a right angle disconnect on it too, so that was one motor we didn't have to manufacture a rt. angle connection for. (You could probably manufacture springs from the supplied 10 AWG, but by way of contrast, I found locally, some 4 AWG clear plastic wire that felt like the old headphone (tinsel) wire, it was sooooo limp.) Lloyd : Last year, FIRST asked the question: 'what else do you want to use to build your robots?' : We said that we wanted more freedom with gears, sprockets and belts... we wanted more freedom with materials... and we wanted the ability to use aluminum extrusions. : And FIRST delivered! I think that they suprised us all when they allowed us these freedoms. : So, now I ask... : What else do we want? : Unlimited bearing use? : More freedom with plastics? : To be able to use ANY adhesive? : What do YOU think? : Andy B. |
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