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Re: FRC Build Season Workshop Resources

The three teams I have worked/am working with have all had different shops set-ups and different available supplies.
116 works in a high school drama room (that used to be the auto shop). In the back corner there's a door to a special section set aside for robotics ("the shop"), where all the tools are located. They also use a computer lab across the hall for animation, programming, and CAD.
Drama room and shop door
Computer Lab
Computer Lab
Drama Room
Shop
Shop
The Shop is fairly well equipped, with two Mills (one being refitted to CNC), a lathe, a horizontal bandsaw, a bench-top vertical bandsaw, a drill press, a grinder, a sander, multiple vices, and a table saw (as well as all sorts of hand-held tools). A majority of the fabrication takes place in the shop, while the drama room outside provides plenty of room for assembly, discussion, presentations, and eating (important!).

612 and 1712 both meet in technology-oriented classrooms. Both have computers within the classroom. Both also have attached shops. 612 has a majority of the standard types of bench-top tools, as well as a small CNC mill and manual lathe. 1712 has fewer bench-top tools and no CNC/large machining equipment, but they have the basic tools to get by.
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