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War Eagle Motorsports Shop Move
 We
are expanding!
As Auburn Formula SAE
continues to grow our physical confines must grow as well. Over the
past several years we have acquired new members, new parts, new
cars, and new machinery (most notably our Haas CNC), all of which
our current shop space is no longer able to contain.
For this reason, we
have been given additional space to share with the other half of War
Eagle Motorsports – Baja SAE. The two teams will now share our
current shop in Wilmore Laboratory and a second, larger shop in the
Engineering Shop Buildings across the street.
Two weeks ago this new space was much worse than dilapidated, and we
had little hope that it would ever be satisfactory. After several
weekends of TLC, however, we are beginning to see the light at the
end of the tunnel. The Baja and Formula teams joined forces to tear
down unnecessary partitions and paint the floor, walls, and
ceilings. This new space will be divided into three sections. Half
of the room will be a
 dedicated
machine shop with one Haas CNC mill, three Bridgeport traditional
mills, two lathes, two band saws, and a sandblasting cabinet. This
portion of the room holds particular promise for increasing
efficiency and productivity as we have never before had such large
space dedicated only to machining. The other half of the room is
split equally between Baja and Formula, each team getting space for
storage cabinets and car assembly.
The Wilmore shop will be a designated “hot work” area to be used for
welding, grinding, and anything else that makes sparks or excessive
heat. Both teams will have their own construction table, welder and
tools, and storage space. There will be a common assembly/jig table
and other common tools.
Baja and Formula will
also now be sharing office space. The new office will be next door
to the machine shop, with five work stations for Formula and three
for Baja. This equates to slightly more office space than we’ve had
in the past and we hope to use some of the extra room to expand our
library. We have already purchased new bookshelves and are working
on acquiring new reference materials to fill them.
These new developments
constitute a big change for our team, and while we are slightly
chagrined at losing our private space we are working hard to make
these new arrangements work out to our advantage.
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