[D-Space] DIY Desktop CNC and domain registration

[Paul Campbell]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2010, Aldo Cortesi wrote:
> Now we've got the space and budget for the first 3 months sorted out,
> it's time to start conspiring on some projects. Someone sent me a link
> to the DIY Desktop CNC machine that's being funded on KickStarter:
> 
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/421256045/diy-desktop-cnc-machine
> 
> This would make a great compliment to Paul's RepRap machine. If a few
> other folks are interested in such a beast I'll make a donation on
> behalf of the Dunedin Makerspace that will get us boards, a builders
> manual, etc.

of course you could just bolt a dremel to the reprap .... (there are reasons why 
that's not such a good idea - some of which apply to that design and using a 
dremel at all) - personally I think I'd leverage the reprap cartesian robot 
electronics which are very mature at this point and are driven with gcode (a 
language for programming CNC machines)

but then again it's the building of stuff that's fun so maybe go for it 

> As we formalise things
> with the makerspace, I think we should organize a basic website on a
> dedicated domain. I propose www.dspace.org.nz, which is available. If I
> get a few positive responses, I'll just go ahead and register it, and
> we can think about how we want to set things up at our leisure.

That's one of the main reasons I've been poking people for a name - the other is 
that I want to do a run of makerspace membership badge kits as a donation - and 
the only thing I'm waiting for at this point is a name to put on the silk screen 
- there's a naming page on the wiki please brainstorm and come up with some 
ideas

	http://www.taniwha.com/wiki/WeNeedArealName2

	Paul