[Noisebridge-discuss] Laser Cutter!

[Michael Shiloh]

and perhaps this is one machine that needs keyed access?

Mikolaj Habryn wrote:
> One of the things they say repeatedly at the TechShop laser cutter SBU
> is that this is one of the few machines that is highly likely to burn
> your building down, and therefore it's critical to only run it closely
> supervised. Perhaps it might be better, given our mercurial
> membership, to have it installed somewhere central and visible to
> maximize the chance that when the material inside catches fire,
> somebody will notice and extinguish it before it causes too much
> damage?
> 
> m.
> 
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think having a laser cutter in the space would be awesome.  Unfortunately,
>> with the uncertainty my life holds right now, I don't know how much I could
>> pledge to support myself.
>>
>>> As for funding, why don't we set up a deadline (Halloween?) and see
>>> how much dosh we have. I'm all for cheap and cheerful if we can't
>>> afford top of the line, but there's nothing like a crappy tool to make
>>> you appreciate a good one.
>> More than that, there's nothing that discourages a new enthusiastic user
>> more than the difficulties associated with trying to make a crappy tool
>> work.  I think the advice on what can be used to drive these things is
>> really important.  A laser cutter that just sits around because we have to
>> have a machine that runs windows 3.11 and has a floppy drive that nobody
>> wants to set up is not going to be very useful.  (I know a certain 3-axis
>> mill that has spent a lot of time sitting around because of similar
>> reasons.)
>>
>> Christie
>>
>> ---
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