Is Welding Worth It?

[Clayton Summerall]

Originally Posted by SystemS

welding is worth it if your design requires more customization than can be done to a kit bot frame. When a student is capable of welding a chassis correctly, the first time, it is quick and not a bad idea. One year a sponsor did it for us it was done wrong, after 2 weeks. That year it would have been better for a kit bot frame.

Why do you have to weld to have a not kitbot frame?? This year we had an 090 bent sheet metal chassis that had about 600 rivits in it with no welding.