[Build] lasersaur?

[Patrick O'Doherty]

Our later cutter is indeed w/ Shannon. The plan is to hopefully have it
back in the space within a ~week.

+1 to having some sort of proficiency requirement. Would love to take a
class on using laser cutters myself :)

On 28 September 2014 19:09, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I think our laser cutter is with Shannon Lee.
>
> I think it would be great to have a nice Lasersaur in addition to the
> small one (which can cut 1/8" plywood) we already have.
>
> I also agree that to keep the laser cutters usable, we should require
> proficiency -- abs taking a class is a great way to do that!  We should
> have classes, anyhow, to encourage the use of our laser cutters.
>
> How much do we need to raise to get the Lasersaur parts?
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 18:05:52 -0700
> From: p at trickod.com
> To: daravinne at gmail.com
> CC: build at lists.noisebridge.net
> Subject: Re: [Build] lasersaur?
>
>
> Looks neat. I'd love to have laser cutter in the space.
>
> Doesn't noisebridge have a laser cutter already in some state of
> disrepair? Will read through mailing list archives but I was under the
> impression we had one in storage which is due to be returned sometime
> post-reboot.
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 6:02 PM, daravinne <daravinne at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> i just gave nortd labs $32 for access to their knowledgebase and
> community.  for like 8k worth of parts we could build our own large bed
> laser cutter. i feel like this idea may have been floated in the past, and
> obviously we're not gonna be doing this like next week, but as a longish
> term plan (maybe get at least the parts ordered by new years?) i think it
> would be great thing to have.  we have enough Adults With Real Jobs around
> here where it's fundable, and maybe run a kickstarter/donation round to
> cover costs (fund our laser, get lasercut prizes!)?
>
>  http://www.lasersaur.com/
>
>  http://labs.nortd.com/lasersaur/bom-1401-suppliers-usd
>
> sidenote: as a Concerned Citizen of the People's Republic of Nosebridge,
> i'd prefer if the laser built as a result of this effort wasn't
> automatically a public use item, i.e. if one wants to use the laser they
> need to take a short class to get laser-certified like at techshop or
> something.
>
>
>
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