The crates.. making them special... and what do yall do with your coats at comp?

[Ashley Christine]

This year our box became a table. inside we piled all our coats cuz we didnt know where else to put them. this wasnt very effective and it was quite crazy! esp with 33 students and like 10 mentors...

do you guys have any ideas???

your help would be great.

-Ashley

[Simon Strauss]

Originally Posted by ashley

...where else to put them. this wasnt very effective and it was quite crazy! esp with 33 students and like 10 mentors...

do you guys have any ideas???

your help would be great.

-Ashley

thats what parents are for. they hold your coat during comp and bring dougnuts on late nights in the shop. or you could just leave you coats in the bleachers and designate people who arnt needed in the pit to watch over them. plus that way you dont have to many people who arnt needed swamping the robot when work needs to be done.

[JohnnyB]

Originally Posted by ashley

This year our box became a table. inside we piled all our coats cuz we didnt know where else to put them. this wasnt very effective and it was quite crazy! esp with 33 students and like 10 mentors...

do you guys have any ideas???

your help would be great.

-Ashley

I think a cooler full of Bawls or Mt. Dew would be nice, for those hard working pit crews. Or maybe a cot/air bed so they can squeeze in a quick nap between repairs

As far as coats, we usually grab a whole section of the stands for our team and pile coats onto one or two chairs. FLR was nice because the top row of the regular seating had a big space behind it where you could put coats/backpacks.

[Ashley Christine]

well, i hear people make thier boxes into workshops. what else?

and i dunno about the whole coat thing.. isnt it considered "saving seats"? i dunno

[Simon Strauss]

Originally Posted by ashley

and i dunno about the whole coat thing.. isnt it considered "saving seats"? i dunno

yeah but come on, i know it isn't the correct thing to say but that and the no food in the facilities rule are rules that everyone breaks. As long as they don't take up to much space and are kept in the back I'm sure no one will care

[cortlyn]

Originally Posted by nycpunk

yeah but come on, i know it isn't the correct thing to say but that and the no food in the facilities rule are rules that everyone breaks. As long as they don't take up to much space and are kept in the back I'm sure no one will care

when we walked in i reminded everyone about the no food thing, aka the huge signs that were right by the door, and then when i saw other people with food, and how that was not enforced at all, its just one of those things. saving seats wasn't that much of an issue. rather for us, (much more on saturday) our parents and adults took our teams seats in the bleachers where our coats where, so we were like sardines on the stands, but it got us closer together!(?) our box was filled with coats, and i have a great shot of a member that dove in, and got a little comfortable!

[Beth Sweet]

Originally Posted by cortlyn

when we walked in i reminded everyone about the no food thing, aka the huge signs that were right by the door, and then when i saw other people with food, and how that was not enforced at all, its just one of those things. saving seats wasn't that much of an issue. rather for us, (much more on saturday) our parents and adults took our teams seats in the bleachers where our coats where, so we were like sardines on the stands, but it got us closer together!(?) our box was filled with coats, and i have a great shot of a member that dove in, and got a little comfortable!

Yes, you are correct when you say that these are not rules that are strictly enforced typically. Those that run the competitions depend on teams to execute gracious professionalism and comply to these rules. Remember, gracious professionalism means doing things graciously even when no one's watching.

Ashley, thank you for trying to follow the rules. Jacket placement is something that every team does differently and is a bit of a sticky situation.

[CyberWolf_22]

I don't think it is considered saving seats unless you tell someone that they can not sit in a certain seat because it belongs to your team or something of that nature but leaving your possessions such as coats or book bags is not a big deal as long as you are willing to move them if some wants to sit in that seat.

[coreyjon]

Our crate, about as special as it gets is a quick stencil job with our logo on the sides about 3 hours before it has to go on the truck. We didn't have a lot of storage space in the past so after each season the crate gets destroyed, but somehow we manage to keep the one side that eevryone signs. This year we have a new shed at the school we can use to store stuff, and it will be finished before next season, so maybe as a pre season activity we can make a really awesome crate. I have a friend who has access to large screan printers, and he might be able to hook us up with some really cool screans to put on the crate. I like what some teams do with their crates, like turn them into mini-machine shops with there mini lathes and mills but we havnt really had the time to make anything like that. We always bring a table, and a large took chest plus lots of shelving to keep things organized along with our "tent" and extra lighting. The crate would simply take up too much space with all of our stuff. It is fun though to go around and check out how some teams use their crates.

[slickguy2007]

Yea it may not have been a problem for you, but last year some random guy was standing over our robot eating a sandwich. The crumbs were falling into our robot and I was thinking, is he for real.....? If that wasn't enough some random girl tripped over some wires on the floor and spilled water on our robot. Yes I moved in the way and most of it splashed on me..... but that could have done some real damage. This year I am going to be very strict about food in our pit area. Word of advice, if someone is making you nervous near your robot.... say something to them!!!

GO 1403!!!

[Simon Strauss]

[quote=slickguy2007] This year I am going to be very strict about food in our pit area. Word of advice, if someone is making you nervous near your robot.... say something to them!!!
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Yeah sorry about the misunderstanding, what i was talking about was the rule that food isn't allowed in the bleachers or anywhere else in the venue.

[Peter Matteson]

Our crate opens like a clam shell and turns into a storage station the width of a pit box. We've been meaning to post the prints for about the years, but after seaon we always for get to draw it up.

[Steve Yasick]

I am very proud of Team 85's crate. Here is how it works. Take the top off and it makes a table with a shelf. Take the sides off they make a coat rack and a Chairman's display for the pit. Take off the fire resistant plywood battery box and put the wheels on, flip it over and you have the cart to get BOB to competition. The crate w/the robot in it weighed 295# when we shipped.

There are unpainted photo's in the picture galleries here on Chief Delphi.

Just can't wait for the weekend, you can check out our crate at GLR.

Take care,
Mr. Y

[tammuoisau]

umm, what about a bed, my feet was killing m standing all day for 3 day.

WE need beds, that's an idea for next year

[Rombus]

Ours is painted like a solved Rubix Cube, Or a 5 sided Tic-tac-toe game