Cutting Pieces?

[Francis-134]

From my experience, tin snips do work, and they do cut the Vex pieces very well. However, you must be careful as they often make very sharp edges. Hack saws work very well and only require a little bit of filing to make them nice. Personally, I find that vices work better than your younger brother holding the piece on a tray-table in the basement. However, if you have access to a band saw by all means use it and use it often. This seems to be the Cadillac of cutting tools when it comes to Vex/Robovation.

As far as cutting pieces, you may want to chop a couple of the 15" angle pieces on the little notches just so you have some more pieces to play with.