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Originally Posted by IanW
At this point, I envision myself using the device as a tool for personal and school projects (I'm a junior in college), as well as possibly for FRC. I would like a personal router or printer as opposed to using the tools at my college's machine shop because I would like to have unfettered access. That is, I want to be able to use it for projects outside of classes without having my motives questioned, so to speak.
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What is the problem with using school equipment for your own projects? I would think most schools would be ecstatic to have students doing cool stuff with their machinery. At RPI the hand tools were free, and the 3D printers/router/laser/water-jet was available to us at cost, which is stupid cheap compared to buying it yourself. It seems like it might be worth talking to a Dean about student access to machines, because most schools are ecstatic to have students doing their own projects on top of classwork.