pic: 1024 Final Robot

[A-train]

Looks like you guys have a pretty solid robot again this year. See you at Midwest this weekend. Good luck!!!

[Michael Long]

We discovered the tube methods in 2006 and will never go back. Bought a floor mounted manual bender for $1k (with the 1" die).

For major structures we use .065" wall 1" tube and for lesser members .035" wall. The 35 wall is annealed and must be filled with sand before bending.

The bending takes practice and plan on going through a lot of tube before you get it down pat.

We have also worked out many techniques for attachment as well.
If you want to know more, send me a PM. or find me at a regional or Nats.
We will be at Midwest, Wisconsin, Boilermaker, and Atlanta.

[BPetry234]

We made a protype chassis during the summer made out of 1/8" wall tubing. The whole thing (wheels, motors, gearboxes) weighed in at under 20 lbs, the frame only about 8. I know 1024 inspired me to push beyond what I thought of as a "normal" chassis and a "normal" bot.