powder coat!!!!

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by slickvic2252

the team just weighed our practice bot and it came in at 119.5. we have a sponsor willing to powder coat our bot for us. My question is how much weight will it add, can we afford to coat it or not?

119.5 lbs

the powder coat is 2mm thick.

Powder coat is 0.2mm thick (not 2mm), but even then it can easily add several pounds to your robot.

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

Powder coat is 0.2mm thick (not 2mm), but even then it can easily add several pounds to your robot.

I powdercoat most stuff for my team, and have sometimes added as much as 30 thou just in powder buildup. It really depends on operator skill.

You probably don't want to coat without taking something off. You can probably nickel and dime your way to under weight (with the coating), but unless you want to be right on 120, you better consider taking something off (extra motors, extra wire, camera, etc). Either way, I'd reccomend taking a serious look at anywhere you could use thinner materials. It's very possible, and very un fun, to have to lighten your robot on Thirsday because your school scale was wrong.

Also, keep in mind, powdercoat looks terrible if you start punching lightening holes in it. You shouldn't coat anything you think you might have to lighten, or do major filing or drilling on.