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Think about the tools that you use to make things in your daily life: a toaster, a hammer, a knife. Now place these tools on an imaginary graph where one axis describes the ease of use of the tool and the other describes its capability. I find that most tools in my life that … Continue reading >>> Desktop MAX Project: A Tiny Table for a Tiny House 
I’m always on the lookout for resources for small shops doing digital fabrication – resources that will help these shops operate profitably by improving communications with customers and improving collaborations with partners working on the same project. For small shops doing CNC, 3d-printing, laser cutting, and applying other digital fab technologies, I think of … Continue reading >>> A New Design Resource for ShopBotters Doing Collaborative Work: Fusion 360 Whether you’re a production manufacturer using CNC machines, a cabinet shop cutting panels with a table saw, or a garage hobbyist working on weekends, even the most efficient cutting tools and powerful design sofware don’t let us utilize every square inch of every sheet of material we cut. This often makes us feel wasteful … Continue reading >>> Distributed manufacturing as waste management?
Max Lobovsky, the founder of Formlabs and creator of the Form 1 3d printer, summed up the future of digital fabrication pretty well for me… “People don’t need the technology, they need the parts.” We all know that digital tools—CNC machines, 3d printers, laser cutters, etc.—are amazing machines. We need to remember though … Continue reading >>> We don’t all need to BE fabbers, but we all NEED fabbers! Opendesk marketplace side-by-side with the 100kGarages fabrication facility outfitted with a ShopBot Desktop MAX. During the last weekend in Sept, 2015, 100kGarages and Opendesk collaborated on MakeLocal, a demonstration of local manufacturing at the World Maker Faire in New York. It evolved from a conversation at the Bay Area Maker Faire with Josh Worley … Continue reading >>> MakeLocal… distributed local manufacturing at the NY Maker Faire SB Production Support Matt Schmitz Mexicali Mexico & Pleasant Hill, California ShopBot owners are increasingly using their tools in production settings, trying to save time and increase output with the power of CNC. ShopBot has a Production Support Team dedicated to helping customers get the most out of their tools. This includes phone … Continue reading >>> Production Support Goes West FabLab Tacoma and Created to Create’s collaborative group Founded in late 2012 by Stephen Tibbitts, FabLab Tacoma is a community-based prototyping and technology workshop that’s open to the public with a membership business model. I spoke with Stephen recently to learn more. “We opened up the FabLab to provide easy access to cutting-edge design … Continue reading >>> FabLab Tacoma serves a community of students and entrepreneurs |
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