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ToolsWishlist

Page history last edited by Nick 8 mos ago

What tools would any self-respecting hackerspace have:

 

Basic Tools

  • Simple vacuum former
  • Soldering stations
  • MIG
  • Oxyacetylene rig
  • Circuit board etching
  • Drill press
  • Oscilloscope
  • Sheet metal bender and whole punch (used these in College)
  • Sewing machine

 

Pie in the sky wishes 

  • Stereo dissecting microscope
  • CNC router
  • 3D fused deposition plotter (Let's build a reprap!)
  • Plasma cutter
  • Logic analyzer
  • Laser etcher/engraver
  • Aluminum/bronze casting furnace (another thing JohnSmith is building)

 

Software

  • Circuit design and board layout

 

Supplies

  • Connectors
  • Solder
  • wire
  • cogs, pullies, belts
  • metal stock
  • Basic electronics (resistors, capacitors, diodes, etc.)

Comments (3)

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JohnSmith said

at 10:44 am on Mar 26, 2009

I'm actually gathering the electronics for a reprap right now.

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Evilshin said

at 12:52 am on Apr 2, 2009

I have a 3-axis CNC mill and a few other machine tools. See the forum for more details....

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Doc said

at 9:05 pm on Apr 19, 2009

I've got a small Mastercraft drill press and belt/disc sanding station available.

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