Originally Posted by e.din

.....The machine shop staff loves when people come in with personal projects so we're fortunate enough to pursue hobbies on the school's equipment. Mills are ProtoTRAK SMX and lathes are ProtoTRAK SLX. CNC, so we just load up a dxf and we're good to go. These machines are less than a year old, but we also have one old bridgeport manual...but it doesn't get much use. Even if we use the prototraks for hand done stuff it's easier than setting it up in that old bridgeport. no limitations on machine use...any time between 8 and 4:30,