Spacers

[Lynbrook]

Are we allowed to use one inch spacers from home depot?

[MrForbes]

Maybe, but we don’t know what you plan to use them for, so it’s kind of hard to provide a definite answer.

edit: Oh, you’re on an FTC team…what do the rules say?

[Richard_Wallace]

Are we allowed to use one inch spacers from home depot?

… Oh, you’re on an FTC team…what do the rules say?

<R5> part c. subpart 18. says this:

All mechanical fasteners (nuts, bolts, screws, etc.) of any length, any thread type, up to 0.375” (0.9525cm) diameter. The intent of this rule is to allow teams to use fasteners from any supplier that are substantially the same as TETRIX fasteners.

So it appears that, if the one inch spacer you found at Home Depot is the same as the Tetrix part, then you can use it.

Of course, any answer you get on ChiefDelphi, or from any other source that is not the official FTC Forum Answered Questions, is not official and will be of no help at all during FTC Robot Inspection. So check the FTC Forum. ::rtm::