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last year we had the following:
mini CNC lathe (emco compact CNC rev. 3)
2 old decrepid bandsaws from the cave man days an no guards
chopsaw, with partly plastic deck that melts when you cut metal
sheet metal bender with peices missing
large book cutter, which we mistook for a plate cutter( it worked allright)
rotary disk sander(meant for wood but works quite well on metal)
a gaimongous drill press
several 1/2" drills
oodles of hand tools
other assorted wood tools.

This year we got some new stuff though. There is actually a funny (well not for me) story behind that. One day went to change the blade in the bandsaw, which is adjacent to an old drill press. Aparantly, somehow something shorted out and caused the frame of the drill press to be electrically hot. Now of course the frame of the bandsaw is grounded. I am touching the bandsaw with one hand, and holding the new blade in the other. The blade touches the drill press. BOOM!! Large explostion of sparks and i am knocked unconcious for about a second. That was not fun! So anyway the technology department head takes the pratically welded in half bandsaw blade to the school administration and manages to get them so see the safety hazards of the old tools. Anyway we have new ones now. This is an improvemnet but not much. We are hoping that we can find a sponsor, who will let us use their shop.
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