[EricH]

Originally Posted by Cory

Another thing to look for is community colleges with machine tool technology programs. You can often take the intro class, and then sign up for an open lab class to make personal projects (ie: robot parts)

I'm with you there, Cory. Couple years ago, someone found out that El Camino College (Torrance, CA) has a shop that is open to any registered student if they've got the training. Teams 330 and 294 had some members take classes, and it didn't cost a whole lot. Got one of the instructors involved...

I don't know how many teams have actually used that shop, but I distinctly remember taking a class there during one of another team's FIX-IT windows, as they brought their arm in to work on it.