Kitty!
The somewhat short backstory; in 2013 season we ended up with a critical part on the robot that vaguely resembled a cats head. Someone decided to draw eyes and whiskers on it and it was called 'The Kitty' for the rest of the season with much affection. 2014 had no kitty shaped parts and everyone was disappointed (well, I was). We opted to make some heavier brackets after seeing some worrisome bending at a week zero but ran out of shop time to do it. I took a little time out of my workday to machine them as withholding allowance and decided to work in the kitty shape and face as a surprise. Some of my wife's jewelry enamel filled in the detail. It accomplished nothing practical, but everyone seemed to enjoy them. I'm not sure if my fellow coaches will ever fully trust me to make parts without supervision again, but hey, worth it.
Most of the serious machining 95 did this past season can be seen in
this thread.
Breath in. Breath out. We still love you - its ok! :^) - KenWittlief [more] 
30-06-2014, 11:16
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