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Re: FRC Build Season Workshop Resources

The lab we work in -- MSR's Hardware Devices Lab -- is being moved to a new building that was just built on the MS campus. We're getting a little bit more room, but more importantly than that, we're getting a chance to organize things from the ground up and make the space as suitable to our needs as we can while still letting the folks that use it during the day get what they need from it.

Inside, we have:
Haas VF-1 CNC Mill -- I'm not sure what's standard on these machines. It has a 20 tool changer, coolant, and an optional A axis.
Engine Lift -- For moving the optional A axis
Lathe -- I don't know the model of the lathe since I, personally, don't use it. It's big enough to tip a forklift over, in any case.
Drill Press
Vertical Band Saw
Horizontal Band Saw
Bench Grinder
Belt Sander
Sheet Metal Break
Sheet Metal Shear
Compressed air drops all over the place
Dremel
Chop Saw -- New in '08!
48" x 48" CNC Plasma Cutter
12" x 24" CO2 Laser Cutter
Rapid Prototyping Machine


We make great use of some of the tools and almost none of others. We rarely touch the sheet metal break or shear or the rapid prototyping machine and make sparing use of the plasma cutter since it's hard to get clean edges and small, round holes from it. I'd cry if we had to go without the mill and lathe, though. They're essential to our process and to our success so far.
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