quick question to all about why using KOP metal.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by CuriousGeorge

why not just buy stock and weld?

Lack of money, facilities, time or expertise are good reasons.

A few days after Kickoff, one group from our team was drawing out plans for a custom made frame. We would have someone machine it for us. The other half of the team, for lack of anything better to do at the time, decided to put the kit frame together for prototyping until we got our real frame made. Without looking at the instructions (because we didn't have internet hooked up in the room at the time) we managed to put it together in an hour or so. Then got some old wheels out of the closet and put them on axles through the kitbot frame. We looked at it and thought, "Hmmmm - it might work." We've gone with it, made a couple minor modifications, and it looks like it will work out well for us.

With a tower made of 8020 attached.