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Welding would have killed us this year...
Posted by Chris Hibner at 05/17/2001 9:05 AM EST
Coach on team #308, Walled Lake Monster, from Walled Lake Schools and TRW Automotive Electronics.
In Reply to: a robot without welding is a day without sunshine...
Posted by Joe Johnson on 05/16/2001 9:06 AM EST:
Due to a very boneheaded move, we were 17 lbs over weight after we assembled our robot on the Friday night before the shipping deadline (basically, we forgot to account for the weight of the wiring, pneumatic tubing, accumulators, and solenoid valves). If we had welded this year, we would have been dead. Thankfully, we were able to disassemble the ENITRE robot (every last piece of metal was dissassembled) so we could get the parts back on the tools. We were able to lose the 17 lbs without losing functionality. (As a side note, welding would have only saved us about 1.5 pounds.)
I'm not saying that everyone should not weld. I just think that if you plan your design right, it's not necessary. (Not to mention - if a welded part breaks at a competition, you are more or less done - ask Truck Town Terror at Great Lakes.)
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YES! I am a MENTOR. Not a chaperone. I am busy all day, I don't want to deal with the stupidity that may or may not go on at night. Besides, I might see something as a cool physics experiment, where a chaperone might see someone dropping pop cans down the stair wells. - Not2B [more] 
24-06-2002, 04:14
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