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Originally Posted by Sheep Delphi
That would looks so cool!!! How much cheaper is that than cutting metal?
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We do the laser cutting ourselves, and are fortunate enough to have access to the machines for free. The only cost we have is to buy the materials. The chassis was cut from a single 4'x8' sheet of plywood, which we bought for
under $25. I have no idea what the cost of metal for an equivalent chassis would be.
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Originally Posted by eedoga
@Amar Shan
OK...details and pics of your laser bed! Wow...How big is it? We are looking at possibly making some capital improvements. We have a small laser 14*9 or so...but wow!
Oh...and the laser cut gear box is giving me some ideas for the near future. Nice work guys!
Edoga
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The big laser cutter is located at University of Washington, and students there can get training to use it. One of our alumni mentors is conveniently a UW student, so he can go cut parts for us. The machine is the HSE 100 model on
this page, with a 400W laser. It costs $150,000, so it's not exactly feasible for a FIRST team to own.
See, building a really great robot is just a pseudo challenge for the concept of the whole FIRST program. It is just a phony way to bring people together to reach one common goal. - sanddrag [more] 
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