[Noisebridge-discuss] Laser Cutter!

[Christie Dudley]

In RE: buying vs. renting

There's more than cost concerns with buying vs. renting.  When you go to
that fellow on Alabama to do unspeakable things with a coconut, you're going
during normal-person waking hours, no?  Maybe even business hours only?
Hours of availability is a big thing with this crowd, methinks.

Also, the convenience of not having to plan ahead.  It's my experience that
Noisebridgers are notoriously bad when it comes to doing things in advance.

It's also not exactly fair to hold up equipment we now have as examples.
(Although I might reference my previous email about quality and ease of
use.)  We did just undergo a move and a lot of our hardware people are busy
working with hardware of a different sort.

Christie
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On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Dr. Jesus <j at hug.gs> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Jonathan Foote <jtfoote at ieee.org> wrote:
> > Yeah, as epsas & Rachel point out it needs ventilation (it's not a
> > laser cutter so much as a laser burner --  it's like having a smoker
> > in the family). Bre suggests a "filter" which is likely a
> > fan/filter/vent thing; we could likely hack something similar out of a
> > shop vac sending exhaust out a window/wall vent, but that's going to
> > be noisy (also figure that  low-powered cutters will be slow and a
> > 20-minute run for a complicated cut is not out of the question). At
> > NYCResistor, they had a separate room for it with a window and the
> > space still wound up a little smoky, but I didn't see a dedicated
> > vent.
> >
> > Is the "DJ booth" space out of the question? I also note that a
> > light-tight darkroom will be approximately air-tight as well, but I
> > would understand the photographers objecting (not suggesting doing
> > both cutting and developing at the same time, natch).
>
> It's not out of the question, but unless all the servers are going to
> move it's not a good idea to have Making going on in the same crowded
> space as them.
>
> It's worth noting that other than the area beneath the DJ booth, it is
> the only walled off space with a window.  There isn't any reason why
> the servers can't move, but I don't have enough information to
> determine whether installing a new vent as part of the HVAC project is
> easier than moving the servers.
>
> Not that I don't want a laser cutter in the space, but I should point
> out that the CNC machine still isn't working yet and last I heard the
> makerbot wasn't bugfree.  (If it's working, it would be nice if the
> wiki reflected this.)
>
> There's also a place a 10 minute walk away that does bespoke things to
> matter with lasers on Alabama st.  I forget the name, but I remember
> the owner was very accommodating when I had a problem with a trade
> show display and I asked them to do something perverted with their
> lasers to a coconut.
>
> If we're going to spend money on this, I think it would be wise to
> ensure there's enough demand for it to be cost effective to buy vs
> rent.
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