Input On Steel chassis w/wood inset

[Danny Diaz]

Originally Posted by lukevanoort

Also, for any type of tube or sort of tubish frame, you can stiffen it with structural foam.

Oh yeah, structural foam is the bomb. We also put wooden dowels inside tubes - the REALLY SMALL bit of added weight is nothing compared to the massively increased structural stability; I swear RaPHael (our robot last year) would have had its tube-based arm destroyed many times over if it wasn't for the wooden inserts!

And Henry, unless you know something I don't know (I won't discount it, I didn't go to the drive train meeting), we've always had our aluminum frames TIG welded by Randy Baden - remember "Randy the Welder"?

Also I want to give a shout-out to team 456, it's always a joy to see what you guys come up with every year - so far "Captain Hook" has been my favorite. Can't wait to see you again at Lone Star!

-Danny