pic: MSC Winner Sheetmetal Trophy (angle)

[Andrew Bates]

Why all the holes?

[nahstobor]

Originally Posted by Andrew Bates

Why all the holes?

So teams can mount it to their robot

[Colin P]

Originally Posted by nahstobor

So teams can mount it to their robot

bahahaha YES.

This trophy is totally awesome, I'd be proud to put it up in my shop.
This year's trophies are garbage, but it's understandable why.

[BJC]

Originally Posted by Andrew Bates

Why all the holes?

I thought it was a clean lightening pattern. There could triangles, squares, really any pattern or none at all. I tried several and liked this one the best.

Originally Posted by nahstobor

So teams can mount it to their robot

1/4" holes are great for 1/4-20 bolts or 1/4" rivets

Originally Posted by Colin P

bahahaha YES.

This trophy is totally awesome, I'd be proud to put it up in my shop.
This year's trophies are garbage, but it's understandable why.

I actually think that if FIRST switched to sheetmetal trophies they would save money. I don't know what the cost of the current regional trophies are to make but I do know that most of FIRST's sponsors have the resources to blast these out very quickly if they were asked to. Costs would include the source sheet metal plus machining and assembly time. Machining is simply waterjeting or lasercuting. Assembly includes 4 bends in the same plane (very easy) and the two pieces of the trophy go together with 6 rivets. I imagine with donated resources trophies would cost FIRST nothing and the donating company very little.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by BJC

I don't know what the cost of the current regional trophies are to make...

I hope they were like $5 because that's what they look like.

Your design is really elegant, I would definitely have our sheet sponsor make a few of these up for events.

[Colin P]

Originally Posted by BJC

I actually think that if FIRST switched to sheetmetal trophies they would save money. I don't know what the cost of the current regional trophies are to make but I do know that most of FIRST's sponsors have the resources to blast these out very quickly if they were asked to. Costs would include the source sheet metal plus machining and assembly time. Machining is simply waterjeting or lasercuting. Assembly includes 4 bends in the same plane (very easy) and the two pieces of the trophy go together with 6 rivets. I imagine with donated resources trophies would cost FIRST nothing and the donating company very little.

You might be right, but it would take some research.

I liked the old trophies because they were unique and cool. The district trophies this year look like something you'd get for winning a knitting contest at the state fair. This design is unique too, and I could totally imagine one of the major sponsors making a donation, but it'd require some work.

[Teamcodeorange]

I would be Very Very happy to win one of those! It looks awesome!

[DCA Fan]

I really like the look of this! I think this is definitely more worthy than the tiny trophies handed out this year in the districts.

One note would be if somehow the event name and award name could be moved to a separate plaque, like the VEX trophies and the current FRC trophies; only to make it easier to mass produce the trophy and then add the event information aftewards.

[Gary Dillard]

Hey, if you punched the holes different shapes and sizes on each side, you could use it as a cheese grater. Who doesn't want a trophy that's both displayable and functional?

[Ekcrbe]

A. I think the current trophies are actually $8.95.

B. The winners are supposed to get silver, to leave gold for Chairman's.

[Littleboy]

A. They are $5.95

B. The winners are supposed to get gold, to leave platinum for Chairman's.