Hackerspace Wishlist

John Baichtal of Make Magazine challenged us recently to put together a Hackerspace wish list.  We’ll continue to update this as things occur to us.

Stuff we have that we love…

• Good stock of Arduino kits from Adafruit
• Dissecting scope.
• WW2 Era metal lathe
• Mig Welder
• Big tools (table saw, radial arm saw, lathe, drill press, jointer, mitre saw, etc)
• Oscilloscope (older than I am, prone to catching fire)
• cheapo Laser printer
• scroll saw
• Band Saw

Stuff we’d love to acquire or build…

• Reprap or Cupcake CNC
• 80W laser cutter
• Shopbot, or similar CNC router
• Decent soldering stations
• Good laser printer
• Thermofax machine
• Good stock of simple electronics kits (TV-B-Gone, MiniPovs, etc) for classes
• Hot air rework station
• Non-flaming oscilloscope
• sewing machine
• thickness planer
• Air compressor and air tools
• Wood lathe chisels
• Sanders (palm, belt, bench)
• sheet metal brake
• tap and die set
• electronic components (caps, resistors, transistors, ICs, pots, etc, etc, etc)
• PCB supplies (copper clad, etchant, etc)
• Screen printing kit
• workshop basics (clamps, rulers, T squares, etc)
• assorted glue, nails, screws, staples, string, sandpaper, etc.

Our dreams come true:

• 500W-1000W laser cutter
• plasma cutter