One thing you learnt this season

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#61

true that. with a hammer, a cordless drill, some pliars and some motivation, you can do anything

lol thers some great storys about the table saw and a certin piece of alumnum… and whats wrong with cutting aluminum with a chop saw??? :smiley:

#62

Cough Cough thanks Lisa. Oh and another thing I learned is that the janitors get mad when you set the alarms off in the building, and cops show up.

#63

It is way easier to put something on the robot than to take it off.

#64

… with an rachet extention?

#65

that a good team can do almost anything

wc

#66

I learned that…
-CNC is good
-You can make 7 tooth engagement sprockets
-You get what is given and you have to do your best.
–Good thing what was given is great!

#67

I got to be a mentor this year and I loved it. Really, there is so much to learn, I still haven’t stopped!

  1. Castor wheels aren’t as bad as our team once thought
  2. Gearboxes are cool compared to chains
  3. Really funny things happen at the shop after 1 am.
  4. Each trip to the hardware store is like a trip to disneyland.
  5. Rookies keep me young…
#68

how else you put those screws in tight places and have people under the robot working on it if you didn’t have little people with small hands!!!

Dam it drove me crazy trying to screw in hex heads through the wheel hub. I learned that being involved in FIRST lends to the creation of poetry about serpentine belts.

#69

One thing I learnt in the preseason - posting interesting pictures of oneself or antagonizing someone into pasting your head on a famous person’s body (coughbillgatescough) is just good fun on CD. If you got a laugh out of my picture, don’t feel bad - it means you’re normal.

#70

How easy it is for one of your teammates to set the controller on fire :frowning:

#71

That teams pull together when things get rough.

#72

I learned that you could scrap a whole mechanism two nights before ship, and still have it work like you did it 6 weeks ago. And also don’t let freshman use power tools. :cool:

#73

One thing I learned this season is that no matter what, if a team sets it’s differences aside, sits together and gives democracy a shot, you can accomplish a lot. You get great results that make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. :slight_smile:

#74

NEVER give up no matter what happens…

#75

I learned not to conect both battery termanals, on the robot battery, with a peice of metal…I mean…uh…I did no such thing. I just accedentally held a peice of metal which kinda touched both termanals, which sent sparks flying everywhere. lol, it was awesome

#76

I learnt that sometimes your robot is better than your girl :stuck_out_tongue:

#77