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[ksafin]

Originally Posted by ehfeinberg

You might want to invest in some quick frame just in case you run over weight

Trust me, you'll need it

Yeah unfortunately it's heavy stuff :/

[Orbit1690]

thanks for all the answers! your help is much appreciated

[Orbit1690]

Uhmmm, can you guys tell us a bit about the quantities you buy as well? We're not sure about how much should we get...

[Brandon Zalinsky]

Originally Posted by Orbit1690

Uhmmm, can you guys tell us a bit about the quantities you buy as well? We're not sure about how much should we get...

With extrusion and angle bracket, we usually get a few feet (around 10) of everything. This means two sizes of angle bracket, 1x1 80/20, and some square stock and square tubing. We then judge how we much material we have left over and purchase more more based on that.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Orbit1690

Uhmmm, can you guys tell us a bit about the quantities you buy as well? We're not sure about how much should we get...

We usually go through 4-5 10' lengths of 1" square tubing in a year, and four or five boxes of rivets (and usually a couple of riveters to go with it!).

I see that your team has made a few trips over to the States for Championship, so you'd also want to examine what parts you use over there that aren't available over here. Metric fasteners, metric-gauge wire, even plywood--if you're building expecting a raw material to be around, it may not be!

[Orbit1690]

Thanks! we were wondering, what sort of gears do you guys use? (How big, how many teeth?)
Can you also elaborate abit on motors and electronics that you use ?