Most Used Parts

I wouldn't say it's a part, but our 7/16th wrenches are the things we value the most. Why? Because they're what we use most often, and always seem to disappear whenever we need them. We've since covered every one in fluorescent colored duct tape, yet they still sometimes evade our sight.

[Hallry]

Pool Noodles. Most teams wait until a week or two before Ship Date (well, I guess now 'Bag Date') to try to get them for bumpers, and by then they're out of stock at most places. Two years ago, we needed families to donate noodles to our team since the ones we had to order wouldn't get in in time. Last year though, we bought a huge container full, which should give us enough for this coming season as well.

[Tom Ore]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

I wouldn't say it's a part, but our 7/16th wrenches are the things we value the most. Why? Because they're what we use most often, and always seem to disappear whenever we need them. We've since covered every one in fluorescent colored duct tape, yet they still sometimes evade our sight.

Same for us. I joked last year that we should mount a 7/16" wrench on a plaque for each graduating senior and have it engraved with their name and the number of years on the team.

[Cyberphil]

Well, I don't know if this should be included, but for the past few years (minus 2010), game pieces have been one of the toughest things to find, 2009, by far, being the worst.

Parts we use a lot: 1/4-20 nuts and bolts, Lexan, Freshmen, l-angle

Parts we never have enough of: Use-able bearings, Allen wrench sets, Freshmen, Rivet guns, straight shafts, correct lathe tools

If you could manufacture freshmen, you would be millionaires!

This is a great idea, and could possibly make you decent money if done correctly. Good luck to you!

[Matthew Blake]

This might not count as a "most used part" but its still interesting.

At our kickoff this past January, AndyMark gave our team a 12v solenoid, thrown in with the other 24v solenoids that we used. We noticed this problem later when testing pneumatics, and we had to get AndyMark to change their website description of the solenoids they sold.

Proof: http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-0888.htm

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Tom Ore

Same for us. I joked last year that we should mount a 7/16" wrench on a plaque for each graduating senior and have it engraved with their name and the number of years on the team.

At least then you'd know where to find a wrench when you needed it.