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Originally Posted by Cleinhun
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.
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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
