So here’s a quick little video of where we’re at 3 weeks into the build.
Enjoy!
looks light, weight?
We don’t have a scale, but “light” is a good estimate.
In the shot where our 2010 chassis is sitting next to our 2011 robot, the 2011 robot is significantly lighter than the 2010 chassis alone - even factoring in the electronics board.
Did I mention the 2010 robot weighed under 110 pounds when fully built? 
wow, how did you keep it true, whenever we weld anything it ends up slightly off square.
Simple - we didn’t weld it in-shop 
We sent it off to have someone else weld it who knew what they were doing, since nobody on Shaker Robotics had ever worked with any kind of welded anything before. A lot of us were really nervous since we weren’t sure if what we were doing would hold - but it looks like it turned out alright!
3 Weeks, 12 meetings.
Does your team meet only 4 days a week? For how long!?
Chris this is very impressive.
Your team should be really proud of how much you keep improving each year. I admire it a lot.
There are a couple “tricks” you can implement to reduce warping as much as possible (such as alternating sides you weld on to have the warping negate its-self). Also, after tacking and again after welding, you can/should force the piece back to square with a mallet or another form of a “soft hammer” (so that you move the piece with minimal denting).
Oh and Chris&Team, good job! You guys look good. 
(I’m a little jealous 
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We meet 5 days a week, but have had 3 snow days.
For the first two weeks, we met for no longer than 2 hours a meeting. So the first 7 meetings had only 14 hours of work time.
This week, we’ve had “come when you can” meetings from 11 AM to 5 PM due to Shaker’s finals schedule. An additional 30 hours, but with a lot fewer people and more spread out.
The robot you see above is only 45 hours of build time. We’re hoping to be proof that you can do a competitive build season in under 100 hours.
And with very few secrets. I would like to thank Team 2791 (and Chris specifically) for their assistance so far this season. Pity our bots will probably never be on the same field with or against each other.
This is very very impressive. Congrats on being the kings of time management.
I look forward to seeing this robot in full form.
… maybe in person?
-Nick
Looking good.
I love the use of Vex motors with Tetrix wheels.
Funny you should say this. We are looking at adding a late regional to our schedule. And Canada is on the list.
Way to go Shaker Robotics!
Do it. Canadian regionals rock.
-Nick
I second this motion.
City of brotherly love BRO 
Everything looks very sharp. Well done. I hope we can work at this level someday.
Is the vertical electronics housing permanent, or for convenience during build?
The vertical electronics is actually a removable board, designed to be taken out with just a few turns of a screw. But as you see it is basically where it will be located on the bot.
Yeah we need to thank 571 for the help and advice on the removable electronics board. We were inspired last year to make a system like theirs.