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Originally Posted by koreamaniac101
Hi, I'm the founder of my robotics team that plans to start its rookie year in 2016. We just got access to our local universities machine shop with:
- Lathe
- CNC Mill
- Vertical/Horizontal Bandsaw
- Cold Saw
- Surface grinder
- Drill Press
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CONGRATS!! and thank you for starting a new team! It's not easy to get sponsors with machine shop and have access to machines. I am sure many newer teams feel this pain.
All these machines are great, not just of robotics, for anyone who wants to pursue engineering. Some of our team members who have graduated have an advantage when they join college clubs, they breeze in the workshop training and a step ahead of the crowd in automation and building. Our team has the basic drill press, hand held power tools and small bandsaws and we are managing with them. Just think of a student who learns (or trained) on CNC? Its not what you can do with the machine to build a robot, its one's imagination and perseverance to design and build something. I am sure students will find ways to use these machines.