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 The flexibility to use 2x3s instead of 2x4s has been around for a few
years now, and FIRST is encouraging the shorter, lighter walls for cost,
weight, and conservation reasons.

 When I checked last year, all tournaments for VA-DC FLL had tables with
2x4 edge walls.

Steve Scherr
VA-DC FLL Referee Advisor

On Sunday, August 21, 2016, Skip Morrow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> According to the table build instructions:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.firstinspires.org_sites_default_files_uploads_&d=CwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=k6Oa5GxfBPFMgGjb2r5QIoEOeBZs9xbNIpA0kLw_kFQ&m=LgFhmWE1n0kJbKOGbR-QiUDUVxncY8fmfYGdU9YqY-M&s=yInFBi2EHEZoYoASZ-Ao2dwNuo9Zl0GpshFJzXUM67g&e= 
> resource_library/fll/table-build.pdf
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.firstinspires.org_sites_default_files_uploads_resource-5Flibrary_fll_table-2Dbuild.pdf&d=CwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=J5fb0ELkRoh7TzAGYz99sSMvB-c7i4AC0HDT2OVPrww&m=nnuVhs9KeUHmBZQmTQPE_C9RnUR_PVVvG2t2O-k3qzE&s=HJLV3j-e2LHxuCG7Qm9pjgK3UMwtR9n_IXTSaiX9shQ&e=>
>
> The walls should be constructed with 2x3 lumber. The detail dimensions
> state the the height of the walls is to be "3 +/- 0.5 inches", which is
> clarified to mean "from 2.5 to 3.5 inches". A 2x3 has a width of 2.5
> inches, and a 2x4 has a width of 3.5 inches. But it would seem that lego is
> "encouraging" the use of the 2x3 since that is what is called for in the
> materials list. My question for the VA-DC folks is, what can we expect at
> our regional and state tournament? I think I recall from the last few years
> that we are using 2x4's???
>
> By the way, is this something new from FLL, or has it always been that way?
>
> Skip Morrow
> Coach Norfolk Collegiate
>
> .
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