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Use the tools
Posted by michael bastoni, Coach on team #23, PNTA, from Plymouth North High School and Boston Edison Co.
Posted on 5/17/99 8:19 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: Location, location, location... posted by MaryEllen on 5/16/99 1:47 PM MST:
Students use the tools,
And remember, from the time you pick up the calipers through
the time you draw your idea and either build it or mock it up,
you are intimately engaged in the scientific method....so whenever
you can, however you can...gain access to the tools...and learn to
use them to make your ideas real...
My 12 year old son came into the shop this year and machined a set
of bushing for our robot...it is a feeling of self confidence and
accomplishment that he will build on...Like all the students on our
team and other teams throughout the country who participate in
in varying degrees in the fabrication of their machines...It only
makes a great experience better.
And remember that the Papalardo Mechanical Engineering Lab at MIT is
full of old Bridgeports and War surplus lathes that are magnificently creative
tools in the hands of young bright kids not much older than most of
the FIRST students....
So go learn to use the tools, be creative...but above all else, learn
how to use them safely...
Mr.b
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