pic: Team 5940 Offseason project

[frcguy]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

I would remove the bar stock supports and go with something much more robust. Unless you go with 1/4" stock you are going to have trouble with it bending when any force Is exerted. 1/4" would work but isn't easy to bend with most equipment. Looking at pictures of your bot comparing them really isn't a fair assessment. The bar stock just simply isn't strong enough and will cause headaches.



Try to make something out of more tubing whether angled 1x1s or something else.

Thanks for the advice, will do!

EDIT: Just talked with our CAD people and those are actually a placeholder for 1"x1" tube welded to the frame and superstructure. My bad!