I'll *happily* contribute $100.
Actually, this suggests an idea to me:
* A Saturday House pool of donors, to "interesting projects."
Donors choose on a project by project basis, but basically,
people say: "This is how much I'm prepared to grant."
Perhaps we could call it the "Saturday House Grant pool."
I'm happy to coordinate the pool, with "$100."
And: A brief reminder:
* This Saturday's Saturday House is at Dan Vogel's house,
by REI, in South Lake Union, just NE downtown.
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:12 PM, wulfdesign <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I'm mostly interested in the Makerbot 3d printer machine right now.
>
> they are getting a lot of press,
> and I think it's the beginning of something BIG.
> they don't call this technology 'A factory on your desktop' for
> nothing.
>
> It would be a big draw to the Saturday House if you (we) had one.
> plus the ability to print out parts for other projects would leverage
> it.
> (also printing parts for other 3d printers as well)
>
> currently the Makerbot Cupcake CNC only has about a 4in print area.
> but its a good start and could move up to printing parts for a
> RepRap machine or modifying the design so that has a larger print
> area.
>
> the kit is $750 online.
> plus a lot of assembly.
> I'm willing to put in $100 of it if there are another 7 people
> who are willing to do the same.
> (I'm thinking of using a co-op model, anyone who buys-in gets parts @
> or near printing costs, others may pay a usage fee for access to the
> machine. like paying for laser prints and/or design work)
>
> alternately I can wait a month or two and get one myself and put it
> together.
>
> -Larry
>
> p.s.
> relevant links below.
>
> http://www.makerbot.com/
> http://wiki.makerbot.com/makerbot-in-the-news
> http://www.thingiverse.com/
> http://www.reprap.org
>
> On May 3, 9:07 pm, William Beaty <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Sun, 3 May 2009, Ryan Reggio wrote:
>> > so, here's the idea, any idea, inkling, project, experiment, etc.
>> > you can think of, put here. no idea is too crazy
>>
>> Why not build one which can actually create usable parts? Like
>> the Makerbot CNC, or others? It's not just a demo like the candyfab,
>> it's an actual micro-fab machine shop. Use the first one to spit out
>> specialized parts to make more of them. See:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=412cDGFZBvc
>>
>> Now if you want CRAZY ...then how about some basic science. But not the
>> boring conventional kind. Instead, step away from conventional reality
>> and temporarily put a stop to our limited mundane expectations. I'm
>> talking about high voltage crackpot experiments. Real mad science, like
>> old B&W science fiction movies.
>>
>> For example, I've always wanted to try harnessing the following HV
>> phenomenon in order to try out some ideas.
>>
>> Threadlike streams of "electric wind"
>> http://amasci.com/freenrg/airthred.html
>>
>> Ideas like storing data in a column of empty space, or perhaps create an
>> audio delay line, or a burglar alarm (breaking the invisible ion beam.)
>> Or perhaps even build an oscilloscope CRT which runs at one atmosphere, no
>> vacuum.
>>
>> (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) )))))))))))))))))))
>> William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website
>> billb at amasci com http://amasci.com
>> EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair
>> Seattle, WA 206-762-3818 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci
> >
>
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