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Re: Tools to have?
Our school lives off of the Band Saws and Drill presses. We introduced some new stuff last year, though, more on that later. We have three band saws. One for wood and two for metal. One is a horizontal (love that one <3 ) and the other vertical one I'm not too fond of. They're simply invaluable. This year, we used a 3D printer for some of our motor mounts and pulleys, and the pieces held up quite well. Now mind you, I wouldn't make load bearing pieces out of these parts, but for sensors, motor mounts, and pulleys they're beautiful. We also started using a mill and MIGHT be using the lathe this year.
One thing we ALWAYS use in the shop is the 7/16 nut driver/ratcheting wrench. The heat bar was mentioned already, we used it to make a custom "dustpan" (it literally looks exactly like a dustpan, except sturdier, with cutaways, and a bit bigger) out of polycarb.
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