<div dir="ltr">Haha, I'm just suggesting you poke around a little more if you don't have time pressure... <div><br></div><div>Yeah, the Hack613 is at 6. But there are already 4 people. Poke by, a couple jobs were going on the cnc minutes ago. You can see some of the stuff people are making...</div><div><br></div><div>If you want to get crazy perhaps you can make a CNC too. :) If want to cut wood and plastics I think one could get by with a small budget...</div><div><br></div><div>There are two DIY CNC's in the house right now (carried in as they are very small). Of course a cnc is being used to make the parts and those are the jobs that were just running....</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Darcy Whyte</div><div><br></div><div>Art+ <a href="http://inventorartist.com/" target="_blank">inventorArtist.com</a> | Aviation <a href="http://rubber-power.com/" target="_blank">rubber-power.com</a></div><div>Contact: <a href="mailto:darcy@inventorArtist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorArtist.com</a> | 613-563-3634 by appointment (no text)</div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Olaf Baumann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olabau@gmail.com" target="_blank">olabau@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">You're not making this very easy for me :-)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">$1000 is more than I can justify to myself for this adventure. I see some wooden DIY designs out there that claim to cost less. I would enjoy assembling this sort of thing rather than getting a pre-built solution. Is there much success to be found with that approach?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">I'm surprised to see CNC lasers for that little...more to read and consider.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">I see there is a Hack613 Maker's Market scheduled for tonight. I'll try to sneak out tonight and drop by and do some learning.</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 31 August 2016 at 13:27, Darcy Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darcy@inventorartist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorartist.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">If you don't have a specific project why not check out some of the machines around town?<div><br></div><div>There are a few lasers around to try out. Also a few CNCs and 3D printers. CNCs are a little more sparse. There may be something at Ottawa U (I've not been in, in a while). There are lots of them at Makerspace North. We have meetups called Hack613 where you can get to see these machines in action (perhaps even run a small project if you hang out enough).... We have all three machines.</div><div><div><br></div><div>I personally think the first purchase (generically) should be a rotary, then laser then 3d printer. This is based on price vs. overall usefulness. I have all three machines so I'm fairly unbiased. </div><div><br></div><div>CNC machines are the best bang for the buck. They start at around 1000 for a small machine such as these <a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=cnc+6040&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR10.TRC2.A0.H0.Xcnc+3040.TRS0&_nkw=cnc+3040&_sacat=0" target="_blank">3040 machines</a>. You could go smaller to a 3020. Or try changing the search to 6040 and 6090 to get bigger machines.</div><div><br></div><div>Lasers same thing but slightly cheaper. I just searched <a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=cnc+6090&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR9.TRC2.A0.H0.Xcnc+laser.TRS0&_nkw=cnc+laser&_sacat=0" target="_blank">CNC Laser in ebay</a>. You can get by with one of those solid state ones (.5-5W), then you're much under 500 dollars. There's a guy who comes to our meetups who has one of those... it's easier to tote around than a 3D printer.</div><div><br></div><div>Then of course the third option is 3d Printers, I wont post links for that as it looks like you've already shopped around.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span><br clear="all"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Darcy Whyte</div><div><br></div><div>Art+ <a href="http://inventorartist.com/" target="_blank">inventorArtist.com</a> | Aviation <a href="http://rubber-power.com/" target="_blank">rubber-power.com</a></div><div>Contact: <a href="mailto:darcy@inventorArtist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorArtist.<wbr>com</a> | <a href="tel:613-563-3634" value="+16135633634" target="_blank">613-563-3634</a> by appointment (no text)</div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
<br></span><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Olaf Baumann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olabau@gmail.com" target="_blank">olabau@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">I had considered lasers and cnc rotary cutters to be out of my price range but that might be an out-of-date point of view. Though I do think cnc lasers are absolutely amazing.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">I don't have any _critical_ projects in mind, but have recently backed a kickstarter for 3d printed board game component designs (<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/391219638/frame-werx-affordable-modular-building-kit-files/description" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/p<wbr>rojects/391219638/frame-werx-a<wbr>ffordable-modular-building-kit<wbr>-files/description</a>). I thought I'd be happier making my own rather than using a service.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">If it is a matter of 'need', well then, I suppose I need all three :-) I wonder, is there a natural progression of these three machines if the plan was to use one to build the next?</div><span><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">-- </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">Olaf</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div></font></span></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 31 August 2016 at 10:42, Darcy Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darcy@inventorartist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorartist.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Don't forget to consider lasers and cnc rotary cutters too. They're very affordable and I would argue more practical too...<div><br></div><div>Do you know what you'll be making with the 3d printer yet? What you're making can help decide what tools you need.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Darcy Whyte</div><div><br></div><div>Art+ <a href="http://inventorartist.com/" target="_blank">inventorArtist.com</a> | Aviation <a href="http://rubber-power.com/" target="_blank">rubber-power.com</a></div><div>Contact: <a href="mailto:darcy@inventorArtist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorArtist.<wbr>com</a> | <a href="tel:613-563-3634" value="+16135633634" target="_blank">613-563-3634</a> by appointment (no text)</div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Olaf Baumann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olabau@gmail.com" target="_blank">olabau@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">I'm teeting on the verge of taking my first step towards 3d printing. I've done some reading and feel the Kossel Mini (<a href="http://reprap.org/wiki/Kossel" target="_blank">http://reprap.org/wiki/Kossel</a><wbr>) is the one for me.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">I'm wondering if there are others on the mailing list with the Kossel that may have thoughts to share.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">I'm currently looking to buy from <a href="https://builda3dprinter.eu/" target="_blank">https://builda3dprinter.eu/</a>. The price for a mini is around CAD$550 before any taxes.</div><span><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">-- </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)">Olaf</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div></font></span></div>
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