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Re: facilities
Team 116 builds the robot in a shared facility at the school. About 20 years ago, all the shop programs at the school were shut down (due to some amazing short-sightedness by certain administration officials who were of the opinion that "no one does 'shop' any more" and they needed more 'advanced' programs). So they converted the three shops into a drama room (OK), an art room (OK) -- and a weight training room (remember the prior comment about 'advanced' programs? Yeah...). So anyway, when the team started at the school in 1999, there was no place to build the robot.
We noticed that the drama club was building all their sets in the back of the drama room. The sets for each performance were built with hand tools brought in by the parents in the drama booster club, which was a real pain for all involved. So we cut a deal with the drama department. We were able to take over and wall off a 20x20 foot space at the back of their room and put in a shop (assembly tables, mill, lathe, drill press, table saw, band saw, etc.). In return, when we were not using the shop to build the robot, the drama department could use the shop and our tools to build sets for their productions. Both sides got what they needed, and the arrangement has worked out pretty well for the past several years.
-dave
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