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Wants/Needs List
(This page is a combining of the Needs list & Wish list pages from the old wiki.)
Being a volunteer non-profit organization, member dues pay the bills. However, that also means that anything & everything in the space was hard won
Everyday Supplies
- Paper Towels
- Roll towels (for bathroom dispensers)
- Toilet Paper
- Soda
- Bottled Water
- 4' fluorescent bulbs for the many light fixtures in the space
- 13 gallon trash bags
55 gallon trash bagsTHANKS to the Gangwere family, we're set for the foreseeable future!
Equipment
Laser Cutter- Large Format CNC Router (ShopBot Buddy32, 4'X8' work envelope) $8,000
- 110V MIG Welder $300
- Higher quality 110V table saw (contractor's grade or cabinet)
- Six to eight fold-up tables $500
- Sixteen Stable Chairs
- Gas-fired Forge $300
- 100# 'Forging' Anvil $1300
- Powder Coating Setup (sprayer, materials) $75
- Powder Coating Oven (could start with an actual oven) $???
- small Sandblasting Cabinet $120 - $210
- large Sandblasting Cabinet $1000
Vacuformer- Gonner has built one!, it just needs tweakingBenchtop Vice- Nicer Solder Stations
- Dust collection system - we have a dust collector, but the motor needs mounted & set up with the bag, and we will still need blast gates, hoses, ground wires, a large cyclone or several small DIY cyclones
- Kreg Pocket Hole Jig
- Pocket hole screws
- Pocket hole plugs
- Metal ducting for venting the laser cutter; the current flex hose is good, but metal ducts would be better
- Floor Buffer - for the many many tile floors in this new building.
Mop bucket w/wringerTHANKS to Jeremy- Dust mop - the large flat one that the workers use at Wal-mart, but only 2 or 3 feet wide; so much of the space is tiled, this will come in handy.
Monthly Intangibles
These are just some examples; feel free to volunteer others!
- Rent our Front Office $400
- Sponsor Our Utilities for a Month $200
- Help us weatherize our space $150
- gas on for 3 months $350
- Subsidize Insurance Coverage $116
- Monthly Drinks Kitty $30
- Grounds Maintenance 5 hours
- Room Curator 3 hours
- CRM Solution $50
- Flickr Pro Account code $24.95
- Web hosting $20
Miscellaneous
- Sheet foam insulation - to insulate the metal garage door in the warehouse space. Either rigid blue or pink, or even the shiny one side stuff. It's a large door, so several sheets will be needed.
- small recycling bins - the blue ones that many offices have by the desk-side trash cans. These would be for the same thing here: so people can drop recycling in the room they are, rather than having to walk multiple rooms away to toss something in the big recycling bins.
- small trash cans for west end of space
Refrigerator (frost-free, full size, pls)THANKS to JTKitchen Cabinets/CountertopKitchen Sink w/faucet(though they still need hooked up)- Kitchen Plumbing hookup
ProjectorAdric is loaning us his for the foreseeable future, (unless someone has another one)(we have silver portable screen)- Chairs (We need stackable or folding chairs for the Core, and less broken/sad office style chairs and stools for workshop and library/electronic/office areas)
- Tables - the white plastic tables that can be bought in most big box stores, or the warehouse stores like Costco & Sams.A set of 6 to 10 would be great.
- Shelves - always need shelves, tool shelves, bookshelves, etc.
- Metal cabinets, for storing lubricants/paints/chemicals
- Cameras, RFID, Biometrics
Phone systemI -think- this has been donated, and is in the process of being set up & configured- Lamps, desktop, Floor based, Clip style.
- power strips