[Noisebridge-discuss] Next meeting: Things to be repaired (LaserCutter and VinylCutter)

[Casey Callendrello]

I took a look. The Mini-USB connector has been bashed off the board
(which is unsurprising - it was pretty precarious to begin with). Of
course, it's all surface mount. It needs to be re-soldered by someone
who has the skillz. Some of the solder pads are borked too.

I think the right choice might be to solder wires on, but that is
tricky. Can someone take a look at this?

If we can't fix this, the board also has an unpopulated header for
RS-232. We might be able to fix it that way.

Thanks!
--Casey



On 6/26/13 10:36 AM, Martin Bogomolni wrote:
> The next time I'm in SF ( July 2nd to the 9th ) I'll pass by and look
> at the RetinaEngrave board.   If they aren't grounded properly, they
> have a tendency to go on the fritz, but I've fixed a few of them so
> far.
>
> -Martin B
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Romy Ilano <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> There are 2 things to be repaired. I have added them to the next meeting
>> wiki. [I cannot go to the next Noisebridge meeting]
>>
>> https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2013_06_25#Things_to_be_Repaired
>>
>> The LaserCutter is broken.
>>
>> It was told to me that we need to replace the USB Microcontroller for the
>> LaserCutter. I don't know much technical stuff but i'm doing what I can to
>> help: I'm looking up what the part is and how much it costs to replace it.
>>
>> https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Lasercutter#June_2013_-_Fix_the_LaserCutter
>> Cost: $449 - through Google Wallet, a RetinaEngrave USB Laser Engraving
>> Processor from the manufacturer of the lasercutter.
>> http://www.fullspectrumengineering.com/RetinaEngrave.html
>>
>> The Vinyl Cutter is broken
>>
>> It was reported to me that the blade needs to be replaced for the vinyl
>> cutter
>>
>> I can't verify it if it's the blade that's broken but if it is the blade:
>>
>> the replacement blades are cheap, only $19.95 and you can buy them here
>>
>> http://www.uscutter.com/USCutter-MH-Series-Vinyl-Cutter-w-Sure-Cuts-A-Lot-Pro-Design-Cut-Software
>>
>>
>>
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