Tools

Having the correct tools will improve your efficiency a lot when building the robot.

Basic tools

  • Safety glass:

    • Note it is required to wear safety glass in competition

  • Philips screw drivers

  • Hex Drivers and Keys

    • 2.5/3mm hex (goBILDA)

    • 7/64” hex (Actobotics)

    • We recommend to buy the ball head hex drivers for easy use, and also buy the T style hex driver to completely tighten the screws sometimes.

  • Wrenches

    • 7 mm wrench (goBILDA)

  • Power Drill and drill bits

  • Metal file

  • ziptie cutter

  • Ziptie (very useful)

  • Tool box to organize tools and parts

Other useful tools

  • Damaged Screw Extractor Set

    • super useful when the screw is broken

  • Soldering kit

  • loctite

    • Your screw will get loosen. Apply loctile to prevent that

  • Band saw

  • Drill press (for better precision)

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