"Quotes" that were said during build season

[Amar Shah]

Originally Posted by Munchskull

During off season this year.

"Ok everyone who is not stupid please leave for a minute." Said by our design lead while I proceed to use a milling bit in a drill to open up a slot by an 8th of an inch.

Still better than me. I've used a regular drill bit in the same way.

[xXhunter47Xx]

"Thank you Dean Kamen for another great day in Robotics. Amen."

[fayfan]

"Steer in the rear."

[Amar Shah]

Some background: Our team uses a lot of wood glue. When people are squeamish about getting their hands dirty with it, I always tell them that if you let it dry on your hands and peel it off, it leaves your skin soft and smooth. (It does.)

Teammate: Shouldn't you be wearing safety glasses?
Me: We are gluing the chassis. We don't need safety glasses.
Teammate: What if you get glue in your eyes?
Me: Let it dry, peel it off, and it will leave your eyes really smooth.

[Captn_Dave]

"If David drops this allen wrench, I am going to punch you..."

[Jarridj4009]

Marketing captain-"This is a clamp right?"
Me (Build captain)-"No those are pliers..."
Marketing captain- "Whatever, I deal in money not tools"


I'm sitting in our machine shop playing with our custom screw that has a pulley dead center. The pulley pulls free and just about flies across the room.
Me-"I DIDN'T KNOW IT DID THAT!"
Build mentor- This is why we can't have nice things.

Build mentor-"It's within 2 thousandths, its close enough."
Team Machinist-"Not in my world." *continues placing piece back in the mill.

[Jarridj4009]

There is a small scrimmage the Sunday before bag and tag and we found a large flaw in our design. After staying up all night the previous night to finish the wiring for the scrimmage. Our team is at one of our mentors garages where i have my own personal bedroom. I just delegated tasks to have completed before morning.
"If you value your life, wake me up only after its done, or if there is a DEFCON 4 emergency. When you do wake me up, make sure you have dew ready."

[xXhunter47Xx]

"Guys I think I'm devoting too much time to robotics, I'm coming in at lunch to CAD"

"Thank you for joining the rest of us on the team"

[1uan]

Robotics is not a time to play with your noodle

[Mineking116]

G:Go get the Pneumatic fluid
M:Oki!
*5 Minutes later to our coach and a few mentors*
M:Hey, anyone know where I can find the pneumatic fluid? G sent me and I can't find it.
Mentor:Yeah, it's in my office. It should be in a red canister
M:Oh, ok, I will grab it. Thanks
*5 More minutes later*
M:I still can't find it
Mentor:You're standing on it
M:What?
Mentor:Right there
M:Where?
Mentor:Everywhere. It is air...
M:.........


Now the running joke for today.

[nicool]

"These needlenose pliers are the best. Bae."
"Bae-dlenose?"

[MechEng83]

Mentor: "How much weight did you just add?"
Student: "We don't know."
Mentor: "You could have weighed it before you put it on."
Student: "Well, we could weigh the robot, then rip off the piece and weigh the robot again."
Mentor: "..."

[CoachC]

Close enough. We're not building a piano

[3BlindMice]

Overheard a lot while building field pieces: "Don't worry about it. We'll tape it."

[Diego V.]

Thought I would just mention that the FRC Q&A team has a magic 8 ball that they use to predict what teams will do.