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Re: We're building 20 sets of bumpers...
Something we've done in the past that is pretty easy and low cost, is to use sail repair tape. It is strong / sticky and we never had any issues with numbers coming off. Use stencils to trace out the numbers and then just cut it out - a Xacto knife works great.
A 15 ft roll is $20. You should be able to get around 40 four inch numbers out of that. Sail Repair Tape http://www.westmarine.com/buy/bainbr...02_068_002_503 Of course we weren't doing 640!!! numbers! ![]() |
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Re: We're building 20 sets of bumpers...
I can provide the heat vinyl or more info, hit me up buddy!
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Re: We're building 20 sets of bumpers...
Hi there. Bumpers are what we do so we may be able to help. Check out the services that we can offer at robopromo.com. If you can coordinate all the teams you need to provide materials for, we can custom cut the numbers for you. Send it all in one order and we can ship it all to you together.
We can provide bumper material as well with the numbers ironed on if you want. For shipping purposes, 20 sets of bumper material would be about 100lbs. The numbers alone would be about 5lbs. Here's the link to our website: robopromo.com Contact us at sales@robopromo.com |
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Thanks for sharing that tip with everyone. That is very true about the ironing process if you do it yourself. |
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Re: We're building 20 sets of bumpers...
Thanks everyone for your replies! For cost reasons, I think we're going to try the sail tape (Thanks SoccerTaco for the suggestion) for cost/timing. We'll let everyone know how it all works out.
With the Robots in the Outback project, we will be going to 9 teams across NSW starting in 5 days. Given the reduced build season, having bumpers pre-prepared will reduce the workload for the teams. On top of this, we help a number of teams in low income neighborhoods who we will make bumpers for. Finally, we have our 2 teams (3132 and 5331). In total, it came to 20 teams. |
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Re: We're building 20 sets of bumpers...
I'm curious, why do you need so many?
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We used the sail cloth tape with huge success - highly recommend it for an easy solution. It held up great to the rigors of competition and was easy to apply. Also, it looked really clean on the field (much easier to get right than paint)!
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Re: We're building 20 sets of bumpers...
Do you have any pictures of the bumpers using the tape? Possibly before and after?
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In 2014 we were encountering a problem with getting decent iron on letters so we cut out a template out of some lexan (wood or an appropriately sized piece of scrap aluminum would have worked) and used it to spray paint all of the letters on. We found that putting weights around the edges of the letter cut outs helped stop paint from getting under the thinner sections. That and very light passes.
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We used generic sail repair tape (https://www.whitworths.com.au/main_i...AbsolutePage=4) and had the teams cut the numbers from a standard template and attach them to the bumpers on Thursday. Last edited by mblake31 : 20-03-2016 at 04:42. |
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