30 Jan
2023
30 Jan
'23
9:56 a.m.
Hi
This looks a good proposal Rob, thanks for the idea and getting all the
bits together for it. Midder, that's great if we can reduce the outlay by
members' donations of kit, thanks :)
I think it'll be good, at this point in time, to all have a bit of think
about what we could invest space funds in that would benefit the members
best. We have the AGM coming up in about 2 months, and while that's not
really specifically related to expenditure or funds, this is sort of a good
time to collectively think about future plans and ideas for the space.
There is a bit of a list of tool ideas on the wiki at ...
https://wiki.57north.org.uk/doku.php?id=tools:start
...so I added a link to this thread there too.
It'd be great to hear everyone's thoughts and ideas too.
Cheers
Andy
On Sun, 29 Jan 2023 at 23:31, Midder <midder(a)protodox.com> wrote:
Hello Rob,
I have a crappy stick welder with tools and PPE, and an angle grinder,
that I'd happily donate to the space, but I didn't because the space wasn't
setup for this, but working outside is an option.
I don't have screens so they would be useful.
A good pedestal drill would be a good option, or even spend it on a CNC.
Midder.
On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 12:28:28AM +0000, Robert McWilliam wrote:
A little while back there was some discussion of
the fact that the space
had some money and we could maybe spend some of it. My
suggestion was to
get some metalworking kit.
We can't do any welding, or messing about with angle grinders, in the
current
space, but I think we could do that kind of stuff outside.
I've started putting together a shopping list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aN45uawBxfwGDv5QHeQNBai381cBeo6XVzb…
What I've called "minimal setup" there is actually quite a long way from
actual minimal setup. You can get a (crappy) stick welder and an angle
grinder for less than £100. It's more minimal setup that would actually be
good/convenient enough I'd be likely to use it rather than going out to
parents and borrowing kit they've got. Less self centred approaches to
deciding what we should get would be welcome :)
Things I've put on that list are what I thought looked best after a few
minutes of googling, there are probably better/cheaper options. I'm hoping
you lot can help with finding them... I'd really like a better/cheaper
option for curtains/screens; those look pretty flimsy, and I don't like
idea of spending ~1/5 of budget on them but I haven't yet found anything
better.
My preference would be "minimal" plus extras down to getting a drill.
That would cost about £1000.
Do we still have money that we could spend on this? (I know there was
unknown
value of electricity bill and some other things outstanding when I
last talked to anyone about space finances. Have they consumed our spare
cash?) Does anyone (other than me) think this would be a good thing to
spend money on? Do you agree/disagree with what I've put on the shopping
list?
Robert
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