Chesapeake Congrats

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Aignam

I was talking to some of the students on 1405. They built their robot essentially in a room not bigger than a normal classroom with handtools and some powertools. It was really an incredible story to hear. Amazing job, 1405! And congratulations to everyone that participated at the Chesapeake Regional!

The robot was built in a woodshop. When we started, all the tools that were availible was a drill press and a variety of wood tools, which were little use to us. We purchased a band saw, and several parents brought in drills, but that was it for power tools. All the hand tools we used were purchased in the second week.

Almost all the parts on the robot are from either Home Depot or someone's garage. The plow was built from scraps left from someone's remodeling. The pully on the arm was the one of the Physic's teacher's demonstrations. The cable we hung from was part of a dog tie-out. The hook (3/8" steel rod) was bent using a very long lever arm, and then welded in one of the student's garages.

I'm truely amazed that they did so well. I knew they would be an average to above average hanger, but was praying that they wouldn't get broken in all the bashing around.

Congratulations, everyone!