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Re: Build Season in the Classroom

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Originally Posted by Cleinhun View Post
We just use a regular classroom, so we have to move all of the desks outside and vacuum the carpet every day. We do have a drill press and a buffer on carts, so it's not all bad.
The thing is, there is a nearly vacant (only a few periods of study hall) classroom that has no carpet, fewer desks, and more storage space, that the school won't let us use.
I've seen your work area and definitely feel for you. For the first 3 years we had just this 10' x 20' room to do everything in, or my classroom across campus.

http://www.travisusd.k12.ca.us/vande...rExtrusion.jpg

In 2004 we managed to get a 3 in 1 Mill/Drill/Lathe and a welder and found this garage on campus to put those in...

http://www.travisusd.k12.ca.us/vande...s/DSC02110.JPG

Having your robot stuff in multiple areas gets to be annoying, so last year we found some space behind our wood shop / auto shop and put up a 20' x 30' building (with 12' ceilings) with the help of our shop teacher...

06-07 with just the framing and roof done then we ran out of $$... http://www.travisusd.k12.ca.us/vande...n/DSC04978.JPG

07-08 had some more $$ so we finished walls, wiring and lights.... http://www.travisusd.k12.ca.us/vande...n/DSC07118.JPG

My response is not brag, but more to say that don't ever settle for what one person in charge at your school may say where you should be. Find a solution that benefits your team. For some it is too build in a mentor's personal garage (like 100) or others is to build in a sponsors facility, and for some being in a classroom may work out just fine. Always be on the look out for a solution that may require thinking out of the box, always a FIRST attitude
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