02-04-2009 14:01

kapolavery

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

how did you fasten it to the frame?

02-04-2009 14:06

Aren_Hill

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

not quite well enough, working with the material they had (random pieces of angle and flat stuff, not enough angle...) you can see the 2 bolts running through the press that went down to a piece of flat underneath those two pieces of angle. This all happened in about 5 minutes (needed one more piece of angle to have it good)

02-04-2009 14:17

kapolavery

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

oh i see the bolts now

haha

well

here's to making the most of what we have!

02-04-2009 14:49

David Brinza

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

Was that added to the Bill of Materials?

In the 2006 (Aim High) eliminations at the Los Angeles Regional, Team 4 borrowed a tow hitch from the NASA machine shop to "beef-up" the robot. Six heavy-duty zip-ties weren't quite strong enough to keep it on board in the first QF match, so I had to retrieve it from the field. We did a better job of securing it for subsequent matches. A little later (as we were going into the finals), the machine shop staff came by to reclaim their tow hitch. We replace it with a roll of #25 chain, which got the job done!

02-04-2009 14:59

WRENCHMOM

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

And the chant in the stands for this team became "Full Court Press"!!! LOL

02-04-2009 16:09

Alex Cormier

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

It would have been even better if some teams came by the pit and used the press while it was on the robot.

02-04-2009 18:21

Qbranch

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

That's pretty impressive. That's one of the last things I would have expected to see on a robot.

Did you leave it on the robot during shipping? If so, you'll find Aren actually shoddily attached the arbor press for a reason: Think giant ShockWatch sticker... If there's an arbor-press-shaped hole in the side of your crate, your robot has undergone >5g of shock during shipment. Please contact the Shepard representatives before uncrating.

-q

02-04-2009 18:50

Al Skierkiewicz

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

For those wondering, this picture was taken pre review by the Lead Inspector. Zip ties were removed and additional hardware was added. For those who were at the Midwest Regional, this was the Marine team. Hoo Rah! They never stopped trying all weekend. High on my list of teams to be proud of.

02-04-2009 20:24

JaneYoung

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

Ah! Figures.

02-04-2009 20:48

roboraven15

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

lmao we were super under wieght at our first competition, so we went outside lansing convention center and found a 50 pound cinder block. we then proceded to break and fix almost 30 pounds of peices too our robot. definatly screams my style, what quick and dirty solution can we make?

02-04-2009 21:59

A-train

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

We took it off before they left They even customized it for us. Notice the electrical tape on the side?

02-04-2009 22:29

JaneYoung

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

I took notice.


Edit: if anyone is wondering, I did a search for Marine insignia. I recognized it.

03-04-2009 01:51

Vikesrock

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

And if you scroll a little further down the page that image comes from you will see the standard Marine Corps issue.....phaser?

Note: All the insignia is the same and the linked image is the second hit in a google image search for "Marine Corps Insignia". I just found it a little odd that they had a "Sergeant Major of the Starfleet Command Marine Corps".

03-04-2009 02:26

Gary B.

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

We had a similar situation at the Sacramento Regional. Instead of an arbor press, a large red bench vise was borrowed and used. At one time during the competition, the team clamped a piece of cardboard in the jaws which stated something like; "Place your ad (or logo) here." I'm pretty sure they were just having fun with it but would likely have accepted the offer of sponsorship. I'll see if I can find a picture.

04-04-2009 15:34

Steigerwald

Re: pic: 32lbs of press

Ah, yes, I remember that team, they also had a plywood piece with their team number on it.