[Noisebridge-discuss] TechShop might open a SF location

[Lamont Lucas]

Jacob Appelbaum wrote:
> What does Tech Shop have that Noisebridge people want to use? Why don't
> we bring those things to Noisebridge?

For me it's the two laser cutters, the giant shopbot CNC for wood that 
you can fit a door on, and the tormach 4 axis CNC for cutting 
aluminum/plastic with crazy high precision.

The laser cutters are, I believe, the most used machines at TechShop and 
NYC Resistor has managed to keep and not destroy one of them in a 
similar environment to NB.  That said, it's pretty easy to mess one up 
by cutting something that off-gasses caustic fumes, and during the 
TechShop checkout class for the laser they had stories of two buildings 
that had burned down when someone left a laser unattended. 

We have a "bring a laser to NB" thread every 4 months or so.  Be sure to 
change the subject if this becomes the next one.