[Noisebridge-discuss] Huge roof leak!

Rachel McConnell rachel at xtreme.com
Wed Jan 20 05:03:52 UTC 2010


The makerbot that got damp was still in kit form, entirely unassembled.
 It had been in a shipping box.  The wood seems to have dried out just
fine, which was all that really got wet (aside from the box).

Jeffrey Malone wrote:
> Oh, that's a different MakerBot.
> 
> A MakerBot was found on the hack shelf with water damage.
> 
> The Noisebridge MakerBot was purchased by several members and is in
> the electronics lab.  It was unaffected by the roof leak.
> 
> Jeffrey
> 
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Martin Bogomolni <martinbogo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The makerbot belongs to Noisebridge, and it's there for everyone to
>> learn how to do 3D printing.  It was brought to NB courtesy of Mitch,
>> and I have repaired it on occasion.   The last repair was to it's
>> printing head (rewrap nichrome wire, upgraded the head to mk4, and
>> wrapped the head in some expensive shuttle-blanket thermal material).
>> It belongs in the machine shop, or near the electronic tables.  The
>> last place the makerbot should have been is the hack shelf!  It's $950
>> worth of donated equipment, and it's in great working order.    It
>> shouldn't have been there.
>>
>> -Martin
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Ian Atha <thatha at thatha.org> wrote:
>>> That's yours then! Yes, it did get damp but we rescued it fairly soon and
>>> dried it out on some makeshift heatlamps. Most of the electronics was in
>>> ziplocs so it should be safe. A couple of motors were exposed
>>>
>>> On Jan 19, 2010 8:40 PM, "Martin Bogomolni" <martinbogo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The makerbot wood didn't get damp, did it?  Or the electronics?
>>>
>>> -M
>>>
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