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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>A new CNC mill for Noisebridge isn't mutually exclusive of our new pick & place machine and old CNC mill (which works, but is kinda finicky). But, Other Mill being MacOS only is quite a hindrance. <br><br><br>> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:02:16 -0700<br>> From: jake@spaz.org<br>> To: noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<br>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Other Mill for Noisebridge?<br>> <br>> On 06/28/2015 05:07 PM, Mitch Altman wrote:<br>> > Other Mill is a robust CNC milling machine made by a small company<br>> > here in the Mission.<br>> ><br>> > Maybe you saw it when they came to Noisebridge a few months ago and<br>> > gave a demo. It's really nice for making PCBs (amongst other things).<br>> ><br>> > They really want to sell us one of their machines, at a 5%<br>> > discount. That would come to ~$2,100.<br>> ><br>> > Do you think there's enough interest for raising the funds to get one<br>> > for Noisebridge?<br>> <br>> The MaxNC mill is still at noisebridge in the dirty shop, and it's better <br>> than the othermill in every way, and did i mention we already have it?<br>> <br>> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/MaxNCMill<br>> <br>> it was semi-recently used to make keys:<br>> <br>> https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Key_Milling<br>> <br>> I think noisebridge could get much more interesting things for $2100 than <br>> another mill, but we would have to think creatively and put time into <br>> playing with them. I would say we should get a pick-n-place machine but <br>> we just got one donated! So instead, put your time into learning and <br>> teaching CAD software (like KiCAD which is FOSS) and making circuitboards, <br>> and having the machine put the parts on!<br>> <br>> also, i was really turned off by the othermill because the authors said <br>> the software was ONLY for macOS, and when i asked if the machine worked <br>> with regular G-code (on other platforms) they straight-up DIDN'T KNOW.<br>> Also, their software is closed-source! WTF?<br>> <br>> so while i like the idea and i think it's cute, i don't think noisebridge <br>> needs one at all.<br>> <br>> noisebridge needs hackers to go there and hack on stuff, like the MaxNC <br>> mill and the new Pick-n-place machine.<br>> <br>> -jake<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<br>> Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<br>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss<br> </div></body>
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