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The first is of the majority of our 2010 drivetrain components. Impressive just because of sheer quantity.
The bearing mounts are cool because we 3D surfaced them in the machine. Previously we were hanging a long bar out the side of the vise, machined the contour in from the side, then sending a kid to chop the semi finished part off the raw bar so that the backside could be machined. Switching to the 3D surfaced part eliminated all secondary handling and allowed the parts to get done way faster.
The rest of the pictures are of my favorite part I've ever machined. It was the yoke that held the wheels for our grabber onto the end of the grabber arm in 2011. It was a pretty subtle part when looked at on the robot, but it required a ton of machining and looks really cool on it's own. I like it so much because everything about it came out perfectly, when I was worried that some features wouldn't match, that there would be chatter on the inside walls of the part, etc.
Did you inform McMaster Carr that up to 3000 FRC teams would all be attempting to acquire a very specific spring ASAP all on the same weekend? - cgmv123 [more] 
11-10-2013, 18:11
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