<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Also, frankly I don't know what kind of electrical consumption this would generate, but frankly I think that activities which are clearly high-energy should require individual members to pay for the actual power they use. 90% of the group shouldn't be obligated to pay for the power consumption generated by 10% of those who might use a laser cutter more than once in a while. That said, I'd love to have access to one! :)<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Alex Perez<br><div><br><div><div>On Nov 17, 2008, at 4:16 PM, Shannon Lee wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">There's got to be a way we could make this thing pay for itself, thus turning potential donors into potential investors... I don't wanna cut in on rrrp's reprap gig, but maybe we could find something else to make and sell? Some sort of art maybe?<br> <br>--S<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Rachel McConnell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rachel@xtreme.com">rachel@xtreme.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> as if we didn't already have enough:<br> <br> <a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thingiverse.com/</a><br> <br> R<br> _______________________________________________<br> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net" target="_blank">Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a><br> <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss" target="_blank">https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss</a><br> <br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Shannon Lee<br>(503) 539-3700<br> _______________________________________________<br>Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net">Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a><br>https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>