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Re: pic: Swiss Cheese Weight Loss
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Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris
The quickest way for you guys to lose weight would be to move to smaller nuts and bolts. My eyes see a lot of 1/4" bolts, which are usually overkill for FRC. I've removed over 30 lbs of 1/4" bolts from a robot before... you can replace 1/4" bolts with #10's, #8's, and rivets in most situations.
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For an average length of 1.5", a 1/4" bolt weighs about .022 lb, so it would take about 1350 bolts to make 30 lb.
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I love the smell of a upcoming FRC build season in the morning. The sleepless night; the drills; welding; cutting of metal. I wait all yr. for this. - midway78224 [more] 
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