[FTC]: Common FTC tools

[Andrew Remmers]

Originally Posted by kz2zx

Offhand:

Drill press, sheet metal shear, sheet metal brake, sheet metal roll, bandsaw, table saw, carbide wheel for skil saw or table, holesaws, cordless drills, nutdrivers, t-handle allens, x-acto, razor blades, soldering iron/station, VOM/DMM, powersupply, laptop, router (both the kind that removes wood and the kind that supports a wireless network), drill bits out the wazoo, various forms of channel-locks, pliers, vice-grips, chainbreaker, punch, tap & die set, hacksaw (metal and diamond-rod), mitrebox, radial arm saw, strippers/snips, crimpers, spring clamps, angle grinder, dremel or diecutter, heatgun, DA sander/compressor, sanding drums, pop rivet gun, cable cutters, needle, thread, sewing machine, c-clamps, three-or-more-axis mill, printed circuit cad, laser printer, torch.

I think I'm forgetting a few.

Goodness dude, thats more tools than my FRC team has... Seriously.

However he does have a point, one might run across the need to use those if doing very intricate engineering with the FTC bots (except the mill).... But if you want to get technical with the fun tools like CNC Lathes, Breaks, Water and Laser Jets are tons of fun to!

But in all seriousness we operate out of a house and have had anywhere from a drill press, belt sander, manual break, bandsaw and ones assortment of tools to accomplish our tasks. And any of the extra fancy stuff is normally sponsor owned (wish I had a water jet). I think you should be pretty set if you have an FRC team backing you.

- Andrew