23 Jul
2014
23 Jul
'14
11:04 p.m.
AMT has also made good use of CrowdTilt to raise funds internally for
pieces of equipment. Much lower weight that kickstarter or indiegogo; more
aimed at a group of friends pitching in money for a project.
Or of course we could just throw money at someone willing to take charge,
like we did for the robot arm.
I'd definitely be interested in putting in some money towards a laser
cutter.
Patrik
On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
i have visited two hackerspaces here in Toronto,
including
http://hacklabs.to
and
http://torontotoollibrary.com
and it's clear that a hackerspace needs a laser cutter. Sudoroom doesn't
have one yet, so we should start thinking about which one we will get.
I heard we had $12,000.00 too much in the bank, and here at TTL they have
a HUGE laser cutter called the Lasersaur. It's a kit, sortof, but it's a
very serious machine. It uses a 100 watt laser! and that means it can cut
through 3/4" plywood (in multiple passes)
http://www.lasersaur.com/
okay maybe we're not ready for something like this quite yet, but when
we're ready we should keep it in mind. We can skip over the step of
getting a cheap lame cutter like those other hackerspaces.
speaking of other hackerspaces, hacklabs has one from Universal Laser
Systems that they got off Craigslist for $500 because the controller was
fried. They built a motor control system (the hard way) and then they had
a nice laser cutter! I think it's 25 watts.
-jake
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