Is Welding Worth It?

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Originally Posted by cscottm

Team 2502 always welds our robot chassis together, and this is the first year where we have done both rivets and welds, that way if a weld cracks we had a failsafe. Our practice bot is not welded and the rivets shear off all the time, and In my opinion welding is something that is worth the time, provided you are using tubing of some sort.

Maybe because your frame wasn't well designed... We started welding in 2014 so I wouldn't say we always weld our frames