Has anyone used Whiteboard for building the table? Shubhra On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Anant Narayanan < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sonya: > > We have not built the exact model, but have experimented with lightweight > tables. If you are interested, I can send you more details. The main > lesson is that rigid tables hold up better over multiple seasons. Some > kids/teams are harder on tables than others. We found that we did not need > portability, and so we have ended up using highly accurate MDF tables. > There were no surprises. The only counterintuitive experience was that > using poor quality tables improved the resilience of the team's > programming, due to the need to compensate for variability. This might be > beneficial. > > Nari > > *______________________________________* > *Sent by* > *Anant Narayanan* > *Founder & Executive Director* > *McLean Robotics Institute* > *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* > *+1.202.421.3826 <%2B1.202.421.3826>* > *via AT&T from a Samsung Galaxy S3* > *______________________________________* > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Sonya Shaver > Date:07/15/2014 3:17 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [VADCFLL-L] Portable stow and go FLL table? > > Hello friends, > Has anyone used the stow and go portable practice table designed by the > Inventioneers team? > > > http://theinventioneers.blogspot.com/2010/09/stow-or-go-home-practice-table-update.html > > If so, can you share your feedback on it? Did you use it as your main > practice table, and did it function just as the tournament tables, without > any surprises or differences once you got to the competition? I am mostly > interested in knowing if it really is equivalent to using a full size table. > > Many thanks! > Sonya Shaver > > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.