Posted by Daniel.
Coach on team #483, BORG, from Berkeley High School and NASA Ames & UC Berkeley.
Posted on 1/10/2000 2:12 PM MST
I posted this in general but it was pretty buried so I thought I’d post it again here. Sorry for redundency.
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Tell me about these aluminum extrusions.
I get the concept: you run alluminum through a die that cuts a long bar into a specific shape. But what about the teams that don’t have this capability?? Doesn’t that make our job even harder? Or maybe there’s a specific profile that’s standard and good and buyable. What’s the deal?
Thanks in advance for any info.
-DL
Posted by Joe Johnson. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
Posted on 1/10/2000 6:08 PM MST
In Reply to: Aluminum Extrusions posted by Daniel on 1/10/2000 2:12 PM MST:
see link below
Posted by Charlie Affel.
Other on team #487, SPARTANS, from Springfield HS, Springfiled MontCo, PA and PEW Charitable Trust, Rohm & Haas, Yeager Industries.
Posted on 1/19/2000 8:11 AM MST
In Reply to: link to reponse posted by Joe Johnson on 1/10/2000 6:08 PM MST:
Thanks you all for the tips.
As a newby I am skeptical that all of the accessories, rollers, roller cages, guides, etc. will qualify as ‘Additional Hardware’.
Please give me some guidance.
Posted by Lora Knepper.
Student on team #69, HYPER (Helping Youth Pursue Engineering & Robotics), from Quincy Public Schools and The Gillette Company.
Posted on 1/19/2000 8:24 PM MST
In Reply to: Extrusions & accessories, are accessories legal? posted by Charlie Affel on 1/19/2000 8:11 AM MST:
Hey Charlie, welcome to FIRST! 
What are you exactly looking to classify as additional hardware? In the manual, there is a list of what you can use and in what amounts.
Lora
Posted by Daniel.
Coach on team BORG (Berkeley Operational Robotics Group) from Berkeley High School sponsored by (working on the sponsor, too).
Posted on 1/10/2000 8:30 PM MST
In Reply to: Aluminum Extrusions posted by Daniel on 1/10/2000 2:12 PM MST:
Who do we get this stuff from?? Is it expensive? I guess I’ll do some research and if there’s not already a responce by the time I get an answer, I’ll post it here.
And to those of you like Joe who loves that we can use as much material as we want, you’re only making me mad!! Though my team isn’t limited by FIRST, we’re definately limited by our nonexistant budget. Maybe I should send chiefdelphi a sponsorship letter? =)
-A very jealous DL
Posted by Lora Knepper.
Student on team #69, HYPER, from Quincy Public Schools and The Gillette Company.
Posted on 1/10/2000 9:40 PM MST
In Reply to: Aluminum Extrusions posted by Daniel on 1/10/2000 2:12 PM MST:
My link is below!
Lora Knepper
Team 69 (HYPER)
Posted by Andy Baker.
Engineer on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
Posted on 1/12/2000 9:36 PM MST
In Reply to: Aluminum Extrusions posted by Daniel on 1/10/2000 2:12 PM MST:
here is what I posted in ‘general’.
not bad typing for holding a two-month-old baby in my left hand, eh?
andy b.