Space Use Survey 2017 (Step 1 of 2)

#21

How about a drawing board draft table thing for designing/ sketching and inking/ artwork etc. Not sure how popular but might be worth adding to the list to see.
Also clay sculpting.

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#22

^ clay sculpting :+1: always fancied a bash at that

GFRC concrete casting / spraying area (uses the air compressor and drywall hopper to spray concrete into a mould)

CNC Router

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#23

Spray Booth
Cnc router

@Dermot yes free space for assembly is vital, I’m not the only to use it!

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#24

That was not in doubt with me, just wanted to check it wasn’t blocked with other stuff. Existing activities are not up for negotiation!

#25

Last chance to get your suggestions in this closes this weekend!

#26

This is the list of suggestions unedited so far:

  • Welding bay
  • Letter press
  • Forge
  • Large CNC router
  • CNC lathe
  • CNC mill
  • Desktop CNC
  • Paint booth
  • Spray booth
  • Sandblaster
  • Hand tool wood working
  • Experimental kitchen
  • Brazing / Soldering
  • Metal Casting (Jewlery)
  • Metal plating / Annodising / Coating
  • Sheet metal working
  • Drawing area
  • Clay sculpting
  • Concrete casting + spraying

Question for people here to help with:

  • There are four types of CNC listed, and I’m not clear that there is something a desktop CNC can do that a CNC mill cannot do?
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#27

Desktop cnc - could well be bigger cut area than a mill as these tend to be small relative to their overall footprint. Also desktop cnc prob has a higher max spindle speed (not always a good thing but may be useful sometimes) than a mill.

Nice compiling!

#28

A desktop CNC would seem to me to be a small CNC router?

#29

Yes, but possibly more rigid structurally so better able to machine aluminium.

#30

I mean for the purpose of this survey do we just put CNC router

#31

I think there are three categories for a CNC mill/router/cartesian-something we should be thinking of.

  • A big (furniture size)router for sheets of wood.
  • A small router for blocks of aluminium.
  • A small mill for foam with a cube volume rather than the 2.5D of the above.

Then there’s 5-axis, mill turn, etc. but that’s a bit ahead of ourselves.

That’s what I’d put in the survey. Not sure what consensus will be.

#32

And the Lathe?

#33

Dunno. I limited that to cartesian style CNC. Personally, I’m happy with a manual metal-class lathe.

#34

Not to be difficult - but a mill is much better suited to cutting blocks of aluminium than a router. Router would be alright with sheet material though.

#35

Basically need someone to help me decide what to write in the survey

#36

When I was head of DT the CNC lathe got far more use than either the CNC router or CNC mill.

#37
  • materials library
  • Lego and Meccano – useful prototyping and crative tools!
  • potters wheel
  • kiln for ceramics
  • 3d printer for ceramics
  • darkroom
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#38

I was trying to be agnostic on what exactly they were called. I don’t think there’s enough clarity between what the difference is in folk knowledge, the basic conceit is a spindle on a 2.5D chassis

#39

Interesting. What things were made? My wants are for random mechanical parts, especially plates to join X to Y.

#40

Space for welding and melting metals. Or otherwise known as ‘fire and plasma room’

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