[jpetito]

I saw a NASA-hosted shop at Maderia CA a couple of years ago-very basic.

The best example I know of is Holy Cows of San Diego-getting their mobile shop organized and funded and staffed so as to haul around to events was a major point for them in winning the national Chairmen's Award--Two? years ago.

Another sideshow: There is so much hardware and gear hanging around because the old guys with the expertise who have/had stuff in their garage are dying off. Estate sales, the digital auction, word-of-mouth will get you more gear that you can possibly use.

There's some money involved to get it up and operational, space requirements, etc., but the bigger picture is reconstituting a skill set on the national level that we are losing to attrition. And you don't need to get into debt with a university degree to do this work and be successful.

Joe
Windmill Climber

PS- We're losing the focus of this thread. Lets go back to the Districts topic and somebody put up another on a move for more mobile machine shops. Post the link here so we can find it. Have a great summer!