Re: [Emc-users] TechShop

2009-05-18 Thread Jack Coats
In Nashville a non-open group called the Hackers Consortium, is a membership group. www.hackersconsortium.com ... it is modeled after the NY Resistor and the groups in europe that are membership based. To bad being retired it is a little out of my entertainment price range. (retired = unemployed,

Re: [Emc-users] TechShop

2009-05-17 Thread Rob Jansen
Could work. In the Netherlands we had something like this for guys (and gills) restoring their own car: A real garage with all the tools and a real car mechanic making sure the 'tough jobs' got done in a proper way so you end up with a working car. But in the end they could not make it happen,

Re: [Emc-users] TechShop

2009-05-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 17 May 2009, Douglas Pollard wrote: >Marty Swartz wrote: >> I think it's a dynamite idea: I wish they had one in Pittburgh. (I've been >> in contact with them, and someday. All I need is a rich ehough friend to >> make it NOW. ) Just think of walking in having access to all that gear, >

Re: [Emc-users] TechShop

2009-05-17 Thread Jack Coats
I like their business model. Toys for rent in a club type arrangement. CNC routers, laser cutters, and other stuff including shared work space and private storage. But I am not sure many areas of the country are ready for this kind of thing. Kind of a garage shop on steroids. I think they may

Re: [Emc-users] TechShop

2009-05-17 Thread Douglas Pollard
Marty Swartz wrote: > I think it's a dynamite idea: I wish they had one in Pittburgh. (I've been > in contact with them, and someday. All I need is a rich ehough friend to > make it NOW. ) Just think of walking in having access to all that gear, > rather than having to buy your own eqipment, etc,

Re: [Emc-users] TechShop

2009-05-17 Thread Marty Swartz
I think it's a dynamite idea: I wish they had one in Pittburgh. (I've been in contact with them, and someday. All I need is a rich ehough friend to make it NOW. ) Just think of walking in having access to all that gear, rather than having to buy your own eqipment, etc, etc, etc. Word is that the

[Emc-users] TechShop

2009-05-17 Thread Kirk Wallace
This seems like a good idea. I don't know if they can make money at it though. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cls/1163029439.html -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -