FTC game pieces

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I somewhere stumbled over a thread/request for a DIY for FTC game pieces as some are calling buying them a “budget buster” and bemoaned the lack of a DIY option this year. As I am also involved with a “low budget” team I went to lowes today and bought a couple of length of PVC tubing and for a start redesigned the top piece (the rest will follow over the next few days. It will fit diagonally on an Ender 3 build plate even though this piece was printed on a predator.

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Wall thickness increased to 5mm from 1/8 in as I know this will hold well and the holders included. Will fit what sells for 3/4 " ID (26.8mm OD) pvc pipe. And 3mm holes added as pilot for 1/8 in (+) in case you want to use 6 or 8 wood screws or something bigger to hold it together.
It will also take 1 in square wood dowels if someone takes exception to using round pvc where the official uses square on the uprights the cross pieces are 1 in HIPS bars originally so the PVC should be a good stand in. Anyway that and a 4x2 sheet of luan and some filament should enable you to make 1/2 training field at between $50-$70 depending on your filament cost.

Now I will put all the files up somewhere - probably grabcad and would appreciate if someone could point me where FTC ppl hang nowadays so I can post that in the “proper” place

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This is awesome! This could help so many low budget teams. I believe the FTC reddit is fairly active, and FTC discord too.

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Cool!

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All files currently will/are posted here

Feel free to distribute and please credit FTC 11995 TACA as it is the “creator” of this I am just mentoring the bunch. The game manual and Andymark has the dimensions so just cut the wood or PVC accordingly meaning 2 foot for the uprights and 25 in for the cross pieces and then space the “A” frames 22.5 in apart and fasten with 6 wood screws.
Parts needed
3/4 in ID PVC or 1in OD round dowels wood. Length depending on how many A frames you do. We only have room for about 1/2 field.
2ft by 4 ft Luan or Hardboard sheet.
Some filament - again depending on how many you do.
3D printer - Ender 3 or bigger

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