"Quotes" that were said during build season

[pwnageNick]

"You know you're a robotics kid when you sit on Chief Delphi and hit refresh over and over again waiting for new pictures and videos of other teams"

Originally Posted by pwnageNick

"You know you're a robotics kid when you sit on Chief Delphi and hit refresh over and over again waiting for new pictures and videos of other teams"

Story of my life!!! LOL

[JaneYoung]

"I can't draw..." as one of my favorite students (they are all my favorites) took the white board marker away from me and proceeded to finish the rough sketch I was making of the robot - the one I had asked her to draw in the first place.

[Kyoshirin]

*Post-build CADing, episode two*
R: What size is the electrical board, in length?
Me: 28"
R:would you bet your life on that?
Me: Give or take a foot.

Later
R: 36 sounds like a number we may have used.

R: I've run out of dimensions of things on our robot.
Me: I can come up with some dimensions if you want.
R: That's what I'm afraid of.

C: Why are those piecves 3-3/4" apart? They are exactly 4" apart on the robot!
R: I used a laser measuring-thingy. it's 3-3/4
Me: Wait, C, was it 4" when you build it or when you last measured it?

[kmcclary]

Last night we decided to wire up yet ANOTHER speed controller device to the bot, as an Upgrade, so I said:

"OK, haul out the 12 gauge..." (wire, of course)

A student calmly looked at me, smiled, and replied:
"Gee, they don't allow us to bring them to school anymore..."

... Which of course made we start to wonder about what this rural school USED to be like...

- Keith

[demosthenes2k8]

(People across the room are discussing fundraisers)
"...and one Sonic toothbrush"
Me (being a smartass): "Does that go really fast?"
Mentor: "Yeah."
Me: "How many hedgehogs were harmed in its creation?"
Mentor: "One. And one enchilada."
Me: "...echidna?"
Mentor: "Can you tell I haven't eaten?"

[Mr. Pockets]

"That's how it always works. Strategy requests a circular peg, design CADs it as a square, and build makes it triangular "

"DADDY NEEDS AN AXLE!"

[fortinj1354]

"Why does the build site smell like a bonfire?"

"I don't think that's supposed to bend that way..."

"The minibot works grea... oh. That can't be good."

EVERYONE RUN!
Why?
Someone let the programmers touch the hardware!

[AlexH]

"Sleep is for the weak!"

[kmcclary]

The Dremel Song...

Of course, in our shop the ubiquitous Dremel (R) Tool is used ALL of the time, to cut and shape things. (It's many a team's first "power tool"...)

The other day while using the tool, out of boredom I started singing "Dremel, Dremel, Dremel, <whistling rest>", to the old Hanukkah tune "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel". (No, I'm not Jewish, just musical, and it seemed to fit.)

There were a few chuckles. Then suddenly IT STUCK. Everyone started singing/humming "Dremel, Dremel, Dremel, la-la la-la la-la" all around the shop whenever the tool fired up. (Oh oh...)

Since we obviously now needed some more words to it, I recently added:
... "Dremel Dremel Dremel, we use it every day...
... Dremel Dremel Dremel, it cuts the stuff away..."

Now that we have words for it, it REALLY sticks in the head. As soon as the tool starts up, someone invariably starts singing or humming it and then cries out "Oh NO!... It's stuck in my head again and I can't get it out!" <lol>

Whenever this happens we now have to quickly sing something else or put on some music, to "break the spell".

I debated on whether or not to post this, but it's too funny not to share. (... Now it can be stuck in your heads, too... )

- Keith

[klmx30302]

last night:

*software and cad student working on fixing our minibot*

Mentor: What has this world come to! Software and CAD people with screwdrivers doing mech stuff!!

[viperred396]

Freshman- "Whats that" points a drill press
Mentor- "Oh thats a vertical lathe"

[kws4000]

Originally Posted by AlexH

"Sleep is for the weak!"

"Running great on less than 5 hours of sleep every night!"

"Well this thing send signals to the big grey brick which then tells the thingys to move the thingamajiggers, while these things stop them from destroying the robot, which the programmers could totally do on their own!"

[purpleandplasma]

don't worry, it's not the space shuttle!!!!!

[Robert Cawthon]

Originally Posted by fortinj1354

"Why does the build site smell like a bonfire?"

Ours smelled like a bonfire because our work shop (graciously loaned to us by a parent) was heated with a wood stove.