[D-Space] DIY Desktop CNC and domain registration

[Aldo Cortesi]

Thus spake Paul Campbell (paul at taniwha.com):

> 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)

We should chat about this next time we meet - I know almost nothing
about the design considerations for this type of beastie. We still have
a few days to decide if we want to make a pledge and get the bits for
the DIY-CNC.

I can think of a huge number of fun things to make with a CNC, so my
inclination would be to go with whatever can get us a functional and
capable machine quickest, rather than making the CNC a project in
itself. I'd also like something that has an existing userbase to
cross-pollinate and troubleshoot with, and the DIY CNC project looks
like it will have hundreds of users from the outset. 

> 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

Hah - we may have our first bikeshed problem here. ;) I lean strongly
towards "Dunedin MakerSpace", which has the virtue of being simple,
descriptive and inclusive. However, I think having a definite name for
ourselves ASAP is more important than getting the fine detail right -
so if we have no consensus, I think we should just let Paul make the
call and get on with it. 




Cheers,



Aldo



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Aldo Cortesi
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