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Originally Posted by sanddrag
An engineering college student who was in FIRST in high school.
I think good work tables/areas and good lighting is important in a shop. Also, good clamps and vises.
A waterjet can also be quite handy, but very costly.
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397 has several engineering college students who were in FIRST

Problem is, most of us are CS/CE/EE we only have two ME students, one of whom is graduating.
The tables thing is a good point, I know we lack good tables and chairs. As a result we tend to work on the ground a lot. This means that we aren't working at a good level which leads to all sorts of bad things.
Waterjets are nice, but they make a mess, Id rather outsource this.
Optimal shop: (in order of importance)
- Students who are passionate
- Supportive Parents and Mentors
- Safe Environment (ie not having to worry about theft)
- Access any time
- Adequate work space (tables/chairs etc)
- Hand tools
- Arbor Presses (We use the ones we have a lot)
- Mill (CnC and Manual)
- Lathe (CnC and Manual)
- Computer Lab with Solidworks/Unigraphics
- High Ceilings
- Enough room for a full practice field
- Full practice field
- Material's to build a second robot.
- Wireless Internet that isn't so locked down we can't do research
- Oscilloscopes
- High speed video equipment
- Production Quality Recording Studio (for Promo Videos)
That was the serious part, now, Id like to be located somewhere I could gain access to the AndyMark inventory anytime. I wouldn't want JVN or Karthik or Baker, competing against them is more fun.