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We do the machining...we've managed to acquire a few "new" industrial grade milling machine, lathe, drill press, bandsaw, and grinder for our pit. Stuff made there definately won't count. But also a few of us have had the opportunity to work on such machines (with adult supervision of course). I'm not whinig nor am I complaining. Yes in life there are budgets but the point is that the competition was never fair to begin with. Teams like S.P.A.M. have scrapped enough to get to competition, building the robot as best we can with whatever tools we have. We've grown to include these 5 machine shops as a basis of support. Rather than donate money like other area individuals and companies, they offered manufacturing support that was badly needed in previous years. In 2000, my first year...we sat around, 15 of us, waiting for parts being machined else where to arrive as we were prohibited to go to that site. This hindered our ability to accomplish our goals for that year. Increasing manufacturing support allows us to provide more opportunities to not only us students but also to expidite the process of building the robot. The more practice time you have the better knowledge of your robots problems and how to overcome them. We've never had this time for debugging the robot. This time is invaluable. Its better to break the robot prior to shipping but definately not the night before like we did last year. Correcting problems early also us the pit crew to well, take it easy. This doesn't mean we're lazy, rather we prefer not to have to build/add new parts at competition unless we're modifying the design. Having these machine shops allows our sponsors to work on contracts as they donate time, labor, and sometimes materials to do this after business hours. This $3500 limit hinders the development of teams to include all parts of engineering. This allows us to see the full spectrum and what a beautiful sight it is.
 


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