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| * Whatever is designed/built, there should be a list of required tools. For instance, using metal may be fine, because a simple hand too (a hacksaw) can be used to cut metal, as long as it doesn't need to be super-precise. Thing about how you could build things without CNC machines, or even without power tools. Some parts, like spindles, can always be purchased rather than made. Think about the problems you're trying to solve and where to direct your efforts. | * Whatever is designed/built, there should be a list of required tools. For instance, using metal may be fine, because a simple hand too (a hacksaw) can be used to cut metal, as long as it doesn't need to be super-precise. Thing about how you could build things without CNC machines, or even without power tools. Some parts, like spindles, can always be purchased rather than made. Think about the problems you're trying to solve and where to direct your efforts. | ||
| - | * In designing/building a vehicle, think about what a team of kids working in a garage, or a school without much of a shop could do. Scale things appropriately, and more of all, document it all! | + | * In designing/building a vehicle, think about what a team of kids working in a garage, or a school without much of a shop could do. Scale things appropriately, and most of all, document it all! |
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| + | * Triangles are your friend. | ||
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| + | * Small bolts are your enemy. The bolts on 80/20 aluminum channel tend to be too small, and they are constrained in only two dimensions. They tend to slip in the other direction. Drill through. | ||
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| + | * When bolting things together, angles and bars may be easier than square or round tube, because the bolts will not tend to crush the hollow sections, and the crushing of the hollow sections will not loosen the bolts over time. | ||
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| + | * Nyloc nuts are your friend. The vibration will loosen and undo standard nuts. | ||
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| + | ===== Example Builds ===== | ||
| + | The following builds show examples of no-weld techniques. | ||
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| + | * [[builds/ICT|Phantom ICT]] | ||
| + | * Has a body made primarily of 1 inch Aluminum angle, and built using primarily a Harbor Freight bandsaw, a drill press, and hand tools. | ||
| + | * Florida Car | ||
| + | * Built by Nick Polanosky. There are welds, bolted connections, and in some places both. Uses bandsaw, angle grinder, manual mill, manual lathe, mig welder w/spool gun. | ||
| + | * //(Wait, there are welds?)// | ||
| + | * [[https://wiki.milwaukeemakerspace.org/projects/no-weld-ppprs-car|MMS Woody]] | ||
| + | * Being built by Milwaukee Makerspace members for the 2019(?) season, this car is almost exclusively wood and can (so far) be built with saws and a drill. | ||
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| + | ===== Related ===== | ||
| + | * [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/445968790/plyfly-go-kart/description|PlyFly Go-Kart]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuRV-uXGy1w|Colin Furze No-weld Go Cart Part 1]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnPQm4W7vM0|Part 2]] | ||
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