[Swansea Hackspace] CNC machine improvements...

Tim Clark tim at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
Tue Jul 25 14:01:14 BST 2017


 From experience Facebook group chats have various problems, not 
everyone has Facebook for one let alone not everyone wants to be 
Facebook friends with everyone else, they can also be intimidating and 
difficult for newcommers to join which can lead to an "Us and Them" 
attitude that we would rather avoid. </rant>

Tim

On 25/07/2017 13:51, Alex Duffield wrote:
> Facebook GC would work lol
>
> On 25 Jul 2017 1:49 p.m., "Gerrit Niezen" <gerrit.niezen at gmail.com 
> <mailto:gerrit.niezen at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     The frequency of e-mails coming from the mailing list makes me
>     wonder if we should have a place online that's more like IRC/IM
>     that's easy to use for everyone. I've taken the liberty of
>     creating a room on Matrix that you can access using Riot.im:
>
>     https://riot.im/app/#/room/#swanseahackspace:matrix.org
>     <https://riot.im/app/#/room/%23swanseahackspace:matrix.org>
>
>     If you're wondering what Matrix is:
>     https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html
>     <https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html>
>
>     Pro's:
>     - It's decentralized
>     - It's not Slack
>
>>     On 25 Jul 2017, at 13:40, Nathan Hackett <nhackett1 at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:nhackett1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Glad we have our resident dietician weighing in on these
>>     important matters! Matt I don't know how you could comté that
>>     conclusion. You've made a graviera of judgement. We cantal be
>>     funny Liz. :)
>>
>>     On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Sophia Komninou
>>     <sophia.komninou at gmail.com <mailto:sophia.komninou at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Mascarpone is vegetarian. Not sure about Marcarponi....
>>
>>         2017-07-25 13:15 GMT+01:00 Matthew Daubney
>>         <matt at daubers.co.uk <mailto:matt at daubers.co.uk>>:
>>
>>             ...
>>
>>             alright that was pretty good
>>
>>             On 25 Jul 2017 1:13 pm, "Elizabeth Diffley"
>>             <elizabethdiffley at gmail.com
>>             <mailto:elizabethdiffley at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>                 What cheese can hide a small horse behind...
>>                 Mas-car-PONI
>>
>>                 On 25 Jul 2017 12:00, "Nathan Hackett"
>>                 <nhackett1 at gmail.com <mailto:nhackett1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>                     Don't be an idiot Andy, you can't use a cheese in
>>                     the "semi-hard" family for a CNC enclosure. Might
>>                     as well make it from brie! A proper grating
>>                     cheese is the only way to go for structural
>>                     integrity. Any basic pecorino would do, no need
>>                     to pay the extra for parmesan. Maybe a member has
>>                     some at the back of their fridge they could donate?
>>
>>                     On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Andy Rush
>>                     <Andymrush at live.co.uk
>>                     <mailto:Andymrush at live.co.uk>> wrote:
>>
>>                         I would just like to add that at this point,
>>                         I don't care what the enclosure is made of as
>>                         long as we have one and work with the CNC can
>>                         be resumed quickly. Gwion's box is fine, a
>>                         spraybooth is fine, hell, if someone is a
>>                         cheesemonger and can get us enough cheddar to
>>                         make an enclosure, fine. as long as we have
>>                         one, I'm happy.
>>
>>
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>>                         *From:*
>>                         hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
>>                         <mailto:hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
>>                         <hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
>>                         <mailto:hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>>
>>                         on behalf of Tim Clark
>>                         <tim at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
>>                         <mailto:tim at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>>
>>                         *Sent:* 25 July 2017 10:36
>>                         *To:* hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
>>                         <mailto:hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
>>                         *Subject:* Re: [Swansea Hackspace] CNC
>>                         machine improvements...
>>
>>                         We have previously decided that we don't have
>>                         space for a permanently assembled spray booth
>>                         so Gwion's box isn't really suitable as one.
>>                         I have no real objections to a spray booth
>>                         but it would need to be collapsible so I can
>>                         be packed away when not in use.
>>
>>                         After looking at the box Gwion brought I'm
>>                         happy that it is a good starting point for a
>>                         CNC enclosure with some sealing and the
>>                         addition of a door of some sort.
>>
>>                         Tim
>>
>>
>>                         On 25/07/2017 06:53, Nathan Hackett wrote:
>>>                         I understand there was a discussion at the
>>>                         start of the evening about the CNC
>>>                         enclosure. What did I miss? Don't really
>>>                         want to get into the "wood vs plastic"
>>>                         debate again, but there's another potential
>>>                         use for Gwion's Ikea bargain... Spray booth!
>>>                         I know several members have expressed an
>>>                         interest in having one, and it's the perfect
>>>                         size. There's no reason the CNC machine
>>>                         can't still get its own box very quickly
>>>                         once there's a plan.
>>>
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