[Noisebridge-discuss] TechShop might open a SF location

[Christie Dudley]

Unfortunately, we didn't get a space with concrete floors, and don't really
have appropriate wall construction, so the flying bits of molten metal from
plasma cutters and MIG welders would catch the place on fire.  I think it
would be neat and appropriate to get a TIG welder, although it would require
its own space and 220 power.

Christie
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On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Lamont Lucas <lamont at cluepon.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
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