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Re: Build Space

For Team 811, we have what we call FIRSTbase in the first floor of an outbuilding of a local hospital. We've been blessed for our 10 years to have this space donated by the hospital (it helped that one of our school's alums was on the hospital board when we were looking for space!), and we usually have access to another building that has enough carpeted space to set up at least part of a field.

FIRSTbase is just under a mile from our school, a private college prep school of about 900 students. Being college prep, the school doesn't have ANY shops (other than maintenance), so we've had to build our tool inventory ourselves. To date we have a small mill, metal lathe, band saw, horizontal band saw, drill press, table saw, chop saw, belt sander, grinder, and bunches of cordless and hand tools. Wiring has a full compliment of electrical tools, and the computing power of the facility is fairly robust.

Our 25-40 team members per year manage quite well, considering that (lacking shop classes) we have to teach everything to new members annually. (No, there are no robotics classes in the school. )
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