Team 3992 gets a new home!

[CalTran]

Hot diggity I want. That looks like an amazing space. I also notice a nice garage doors which means a trailer may be able to fit inside this place (or at least back up to the door for loading.

[ksafin]

Originally Posted by CalTran

Hot diggity I want. That looks like an amazing space. I also notice a nice garage doors which means a trailer may be able to fit inside this place (or at least back up to the door for loading.

There's actually three of them; two on the back wall and one at the front.

And yes, certainly it can fit a trailer. I think it was something like 8 feet wide and 10 feet tall

[dcarr]

You're blessed to have such a wonderful sponsor and a great facility! Congratulations and good luck with the move in!

[Hallry]

Wow...give me the name of your closest airport and I'll book a flight tonight!

That looks like an AMAZING build space, congrats! We would absolutely love to have that. There seems to be plenty of room for different parts of your team to work, storage, and a practice field. Good luck, and please take more pictures once your all settled in and set up!

[ksafin]

Haha, well, to be honest, we don't even know where to start..

We're having trouble thinking of ways to fill all of this space xD

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by ksafin

Haha, well, to be honest, we don't even know where to start..

We're having trouble thinking of ways to fill all of this space xD

Ohhh now you're just rubbing it in our faces

Butttttt, on a more serious note, what extend of machines do you have? And do you have any other tables, chairs, computers, workspaces to use as well? Also, do you have any sort of practice field? Even if you have extra space, thats' never a bad thing. I PROMISE it will be fileld up later, just wait an see. Remember, organization is key. Lastly, try hanging posters or banners on the walls as well; that might make it feel not as big, and more home-ier. =)

[ksafin]

Originally Posted by Hallry

Ohhh now you're just rubbing it in our faces

Butttttt, on a more serious note, what extend of machines do you have? And do you have any other tables, chairs, computers, workspaces to use as well? Also, do you have any sort of practice field? Even if you have extra space, thats' never a bad thing. I PROMISE it will be fileld up later, just wait an see. Remember, organization is key. Lastly, try hanging posters or banners on the walls as well; that might make it feel not as big, and more home-ier. =)

Not many machines. We have a 10" Miter Saw, a bench grinder, and a benchtop mini drill press. That's the extent of our really "big" tools. We were considering getting some other tools but didn't see the necessity; I'd love to be proven wrong though.

Yes, we have all of those, however, if you look at the pic, there's like, a huge enclosure in the middle of the warehouse. This has like, 6 rooms, 2 offices, 2 cubicles, 2 restrooms, conference room, etc. Most non-mechanical stuff will be held in there.

Well not as of now, although building the field perimeter wouldn't hurt I suppose. We have an FTC field already since we have two FTC teams.

And yep! Getting banners printed

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Pity it's so small...

Oh, don't worry about filling it, that'll happen soon enough.
Some planning as to where large tools should go (often dictated by where power is), workspaces, and storage will go a long way here. "Dirty" machining tools in one place, "loud" tools in another, "clean" work over there....

Large tools are minutely large at best xD. Mechanical workspaces yes, I suppose, since almost everything non-mech is filtered into that enclosure. And yeah I get what you're saying.

Originally Posted by dcarr

Having a permanent practice field will be amazing. I can't begin to imagine how many hours we waste setting up and taking down our practice field (in a back parking lot at our school). It's impressive that as a second year team you've been able to establish yourselves and garner such awesome support!

Sounds like it certainly would.. I can't imagine doing that, major props. And thank you. We're the only FRC team in our city, and I don't think there's more than 5 or so in our county (I could be wrong). I started the FTC & FRC programs/teams in our school, and I want to set the teams on stable footing and a solid direction before I graduate (2014).

[CalTran]

Sounds like if you set up a practice field, you could get some support from teams in your area and have a community practice field.

[ksafin]

Originally Posted by CalTran

Sounds like if you set up a practice field, you could get some support from teams in your area and have a community practice field.

Well my initial thought was to host a scrimmage towards the end of the season, kind of like 179 did during last season for our local teams.

[MARS_James]

Originally Posted by ksafin

Well my initial thought was to host a scrimmage towards the end of the season, kind of like 179 did during last season for our local teams.

Just FYI 179 hosts the scrimmage every year the last Saturday before build ends (February 16th this season) if you want more teams to come (including 179) you might want to pick a date other than the 16th

[DonRotolo]

Pity it's so small...

Oh, don't worry about filling it, that'll happen soon enough.
Some planning as to where large tools should go (often dictated by where power is), workspaces, and storage will go a long way here. "Dirty" machining tools in one place, "loud" tools in another, "clean" work over there....

[dcarr]

Having a permanent practice field will be amazing. I can't begin to imagine how many hours we waste setting up and taking down our practice field (in a back parking lot at our school). It's impressive that as a second year team you've been able to establish yourselves and garner such awesome support!

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by dcarr

You're blessed to have such a wonderful sponsor and a great facility! Congratulations and good luck with the move in!

Definitely keep your real estate firm happy. We also used connections to real estate last season for a small space.

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Definitely keep your real estate firm happy. We also used connections to real estate last season for a small space.

This is very good advice and not something I've thought of...we'll keep our ears out. That said our long term hope is to have a better workspace on campus.

[ksafin]

Originally Posted by dcarr

This is very good advice and not something I've thought of...we'll keep our ears out. That said our long term hope is to have a better workspace on campus.

Yeah.. I don't know how it is in your school or your school district, but the bureaucracy, regulation, and slow and poor communication within our schools/district is enough to put off most teams from working in their schools. If your school/district isn't like this, that's phenomenal, and I'm jealous