Tools for Rookie Team?

[Ken Loyd]

For the final week of the building season I would add:

a cot
a pillow
a blanket
mass quanities of Mountain Dew

Ken Loyd
Team 64

[white_ChocOlat8]

Originally Posted by Ken Loyd

For the final week of the building season I would add:

a cot
a pillow
a blanket
mass quanities of Mountain Dew

Ken Loyd
Team 64

lol nice

[NateBot16]

For drill bits I would recomend titinium bits. They are more expensive, but you don't need to sharpen them much and they look pretty and shinny, which is oviously very important.

I would also recomend a flash light. For some reason when working under our robot last year, I couldn't see a thing.

[Adam Y.]

Emery cloth- I thnk that is what it is called. Sandpaper for metal.
Tap Set- Useful for creating threads in holes
I have also heard my advisor mention something about a step drill bit. I forget what it is used for.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by Adam Y.

I have also heard my advisor mention something about a step drill bit. I forget what it is used for.

Step drills are actually pretty useful. You see them used all the time on "American Chopper"

[Jay H 237]

After reading this thread I thought of three more things to have that I haven't seen mentioned. A deburrer for removing burrs off of machined parts especially since some burrs can be so sharp you can cut yourself and not know it right away. Second a helicoil set for stripped treads. It basically consists of the helicoils (which are "springs" you insert into the stripped hole and the "spring" becomes the new thread), a drill bit which opens the hole up to the helicoil size, and the installation tool for the helicoils. This will save you when you strip a hole and you don't have time or ability to remachine a part like at competition and believe me it WILL happen sooner or later. It's also a good idea to use them in the begining on all plastic parts (delrin, polycarbonate, plexi-glass, HPDE, ect.) that require a tapped hole. Just keep in mind you will need different size helicoils for each of the different threads that are used and they don't repair stripped screws but then again a screw is easy to replace compared to a part. Our team only has them kept in our toolbox in 1/4" (or 5mm) and under since your most likely to strip smaller holes. It's also not recommended to use Loctite with them. And now finally third, counter sinks for counter sinking flat head screws and can also be used for deburring holes.

[laditek]

Yes Adam, a step drill bit for making holes larger to lighten the bot in crunch time. I believe it was 50 1" holes equal a pound.

Originally Posted by Adam Y.

Emery cloth- I thnk that is what it is called. Sandpaper for metal.
Tap Set- Useful for creating threads in holes
I have also heard my advisor mention something about a step drill bit. I forget what it is used for.

[Katie Reynolds]

As far as tools to bring to the competition, check out page 6 of Section 10 of the manual.