Due to my extended recovery and surgeries this month, the earliest I could arrange the transfer to CanHax for storage is probably this summer. By all means if you need to sell them or do otherwise with them, please do not hold out.
I do however sincerely appreciate the sentiment and kindness presented towards myself, my dream, and my goal of having a successful hackerspace in Canton. --- J. F. Corner On 4/4/2014 03:55, Andrew Buczko wrote: > Torrie, That is not a "massive" lathe > > and for you to suggest getting rid of the pantograph and the lathe is > an insult. > > Also may I remind you that we are working on donating our "Extra" > tools to Canhax. > > I agree that we need to do something with the extra table saw, band > saws and the 30 or so circular saws. If Canhax is not ready for them > then we could sell them off. > > Andy > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Torrie Fischer > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I'm alright with releasing some grant money to buy a panel saw > kit. I can see > this being very useful. > > Can we possibly consense on buying this this Tuesday: > > http://panelsawsrus.com/products/ > > All it is is the kit for the frame. Once that is assembled, we can > design the > actual panel saw to not take up as much space, perhaps a > collapsible one. > > If we still have open concerns about the floor space it uses, I'd > also like to > mention that we have *four* bandsaws. Four. And a pantograph. And > a massive > lathe. > > Certainly we can get rid of some of those things and clean up the > machine shop > by a lot. > > For reference, here is the footprint of the kit's suggested design: > > http://panelsawsrus.com/gallery/psru-youtube-image/ > > Looks pretty skinny, probably as much as our current plywood rack. > > On Tuesday, April 01, 2014 21:25:42 a l wrote: > > Before I had to leave the meeting early there was discussion > about how to > > retrofit the machine shop to limit dust &c. In that discussion > the topic of > > plywood/large format wood handling came up and a panel saw like > what lumber > > yards have was suggested. New/Used ones apparently cost thousands of > > dollars so I sought out a DIY solution. > > I've found a few kits that come in varying degrees of fully > assembled with > > prices between ~$300-$1000. There are also a few designs for > sale from > > backissues of woodworking magazines($10/issue). Given enough > time staring > > at the ones at the home improvement store and pictures online we > could > > probably make our own without buying plans. Or should we save > our time and > > just buy a kit? > > At any rate I think it's a viable solution. > > > > http://panelsawsrus.com/ > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/DIY-Sliding-Panel-Saw-Hardware-Kit-/281191079778 > > > > http://www.widgetworksunlimited.com/Panel_Saw_DIY_Frame_Kit_p/ww-panel_saw-d > > iy.htm > > > > http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/2082569/33113/Safety-Speed-Cut-Panel-Pro-2 > > -Saw-Model-PRO2K.aspx http://plansnow.com/dn3099.html > > > http://www.finewoodworking.com/workshop/tip/build-your-own-panel-saw.aspx > > http://www.rockler.com/woodworking/Panel-Saw-Kit > > > > If someone is vehemently against spending the cash and spare > circular saw > > on one we could also situate the table saw near the garage > door-side of the > > shop and just open the planned( they are planned aren't they?) > double > > doors and put an outfeed table in the hallway when we need to > make big > > cuts. > > > > happy hacking! > > Andrew L > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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