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Re: and about the machine shop...
Posted by Chris, Coach on team #308, Walled Lake Monster, from Walled Lake Schools and TRW Automotive Electronics.

Posted on 4/5/99 5:56 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: my little analogy posted by Chris on 4/5/99 11:39 AM MST:




: : One last thing, if you're going to look at unfairness, look at the machine shops. There's only so much you can level out after the robots have been built. Think about WHILE they're being built. A school like mine who's machines have been called 'antique' by a NASA machinist have a decided disadvantage. If you're going to talk about unfair, talk about THAT.


Two points:

1. This is a big part of why I would like to limit regionals. As I've stated the last time that this went around: I believe that the money spent on extra regionals would have more educational value spent on other things. In your case, instead of spending the money on another regional, spend it on machine equipment. I haven't checked the prices in a while, but I believe you should be able to buy a decent lathe and mill for what it costs to have a team travel to a regional (note that I said travel), which costs a team around $10,000 to $15,000 (including entry fee, transportation, and lodging).

2. Why don't you use NASA's shop? We use TRW's shop for about 50% of the machining.



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