[Noisebridge-discuss] TechShop might open a SF location

[John Adams]

Techshop wants volunteers to demolish and build out the space.  
Volunteer on their site.

Put down the soldering irons, walk away from the LED throwies, pick up  
a sledgehammer and build something awesome.


-john

On Jan 28, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Ever Falling wrote:

> ^THIS, +1, whatever.
>
> Noisebridge could never realistically house even half the stuff on  
> the list of things they have at other spaces. Even if it could it  
> wouldn't be so much of a hacker space than it would be a much  
> smaller and less efficient TechShop. Even then there are a good  
> number of machines they provide (like welding, plasma cutting, and  
> sand blasting) that we could never have at the space due to of  
> safety reasons.
> Any support we can provide to make this place a reality would be far  
> more beneficial to the community of makers and hackers as a whole  
> than Noisebridge could ever do when it comes to the fabrication of  
> Things.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Ani Niow <v at oneletterwonder.com>  
> wrote:
> I don't even think we can fit all the various amounts of machines they
> have inside. Besides the aforementioned and popular laser cutter, they
> not only have larger and more powerful equivilent equipment as us
> (lathe, mill, 3D printer to name a few), but also several we would
> never get.
>
> They also house a good number of manually controlled machines, such as
> Bridgeport mills, plasma cutters, welders, the list really goes on and
> on.
>
> The great thing about TechShop is they're only purpose is to house
> those machines and to let people use them. They have designed the
> facilities around them and have knowledgable staff to teach you how to
> use them and more staff to maintain them, something which Noisebridge
> doesn't consistently have.
>
> As an occasional machinist there is some equipment that I don't
> believe Noisebridge has the facilities for and are not appropriate for
> our venue. I would be more than happy to pay TechShop $75/month (yay
> student discount) to access stuff like a laser cutter or a much higher
> quality 3D printer rather than pitch in to get NB such equipment.
>
>
> -Ani
>
>
>
> On Jan 28, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Jacob Appelbaum <jacob at appelbaum.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Christie Dudley wrote:
> >> Of course, arranging agreements like this poses certain challenges
> >> with
> >> verification.
> >
> > What does Tech Shop have that Noisebridge people want to use? Why
> > don't
> > we bring those things to Noisebridge?
> >
> > As of now, they have nothing at their SF location. I guess we've  
> got a
> > head start. :-)
> >
> > Best,
> > Jake
> >
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