Prototype material of choice?

[Pretzel]

My team is fortunate enough to be based in the same room/machine shop as the district's Engineering Technology class. Due to this, we usually have access to scrap aluminum that we can turn into prototypes, as well as a team stash of 80/20 extrusion that we can assemble rapidly. Also due to this, we rarely work with wood as a team (and never do when it comes to competition robots due to the comparatively available nature of machining resources and stock for aluminum parts). I like to think that it works out well in the end, but I'll let the competitions this year be the final judge of that.