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Re: California District Proposal, Rev 2
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Originally Posted by frcguy
I'm curious how machine shops work in a district environment. As the only regional I attended this year was SVR, the only machine shop I know of is the NASA trailer kind. I'm assuming that they don't drive a trailer out to every district event, although I may be wrong. Could somebody who has experience post a quick overview? Thanks in advance.
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I cannot speak for all districts. At our district competition in St. Joe, we use the shop our school provides -- which is also my team's build space. During the event it is staffed by machinists from some of the companies that sponsor teams in our area, with a couple of our mentors to help people find tools and materials. It stays pretty busy, generally with five or six tasks in progress. Sort of like our team on a typical build night. 
(But the extra machinists are only for the event.)
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Mentor since 2011 for FRC 3620 Average Joes (St. Joseph, Michigan)
Mentor 2002-10 for FRC 931 Perpetual Chaos (St. Louis, Missouri)
 since 2003
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Last edited by Richard Wallace : 25-07-2016 at 20:15.
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