Welding

[Chris Fultz]

And the kit bot frame is very good - strong, accurate, quick to assembly and lots of mounting holes.

It is probably a little heavier than a custom designed / welded aluminum frame, but the time advantage is huge.

[MrForbes]

The kit frame is probably the best time saver there is, and it works fine for many teams in the past (although it was a different frame!)

We are still planning to use a plywood chassis this year, we have a design mostly worked out and hope to have it in Inventor very soon, and will probably post a rendering. This year's game requires a lot of teams to rethink chassis design.

edit: I have a MIG welder, but not TIG, so I don't mess with aluminum. I also have an oxyacetelyne torch, and we could weld a frame of thinwall steel tubing, as 1501 has used in past years

[Shira]

Thanks,

I've been looking into local welders. I'm starting to realize that it may not be as expensive or time consuming as my teacher is afraid it will be. It looks like we may choose to do that...I'm pushing for it anyway. Our frame is not too complicated, but building it out of the KoP chassis is a bit hard because of some of our design elements. I will definitely try working out a deal with the welder we choose...

Finally, we're an Los Angeles based team. Anybody know any welders who would like to help out? We'd definitely give them lots of credit. My team only has one sponsor, so there is plenty of room for decals on the robot and also on our website and wherever else we list these things.