Lab Location and info?
Smári McCarthy
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Hi!
I'm working on a piece of software that should help lab-interoperability.
If you're a lab manager, could you please answer the following six
questions?
What's your Fab Lab's name?
Where is your Fab Lab?
What's the latitude?
What's the longitude?
What's your website?
What devices do you have?
Thanks!
Smári
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Bryan Bishop
> I'm working on a piece of software that should help lab-interoperability.
>
> If you're a lab manager, could you please answer the following six
> questions?
>
Smári, I thought all fablabs use the standard fablab inventory of
devices. Is this not the case? For the standard fablab, here's the
inventory:
http://adl.serveftp.org/skdb/inventory/comparison/fablab.yaml
- lab:
name: fablab
logo: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/logos/th_gcsh.rgb.600.jpg
link: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/fab/inv.html
inventory:
bulk shape creation:
- oven Convection Toaster Oven/Broiler
- silicone PDMS in Sylgard 184in 5.5lbs
- mold compound in rub-r-moldin 5quarts
- resin low viscosity 2quarts
- resin hardener 2pints
- cloth fiberglass 38in x90 (yd? in?)
- silica colloidal 0.5gal
- filler phenolic micro-balloon 0.5gal
- filler wood flour 0.5gal
- filler cell-o-fill 0.5gal
- filler milled fibers 0.5gal
- filler graphite powder 12oz
- filler aluminum powder? 1lb
- resin coloring blue red 0.3lb qty 2 each
- plaster hydrostone 10gal
- plaster drystone 10gal
- urethane rubber for molding 20lbs
- instamold 7.5lbs
- flexwax 12.5lbs
joining:
- solder station analog 50W
- welder MIG 90A@19VDC gas-capable
- laminator variable temperature
parting:
- CNC plasma cutter
- CNC vinyl cutter 2in - 27.5in 20in/s 0.3-2.5 newton
- laser cutter Mini 24in x 12in 35W
- scroll saw 20in Variable Speed
deformation:
removal:
- CNC milling machine 8in (X)x6in (Y)x2-3/8in (Z) 6500 rpm
- cnc router (96x48x8in) 4HP spindle (shopbot)
- dremel tool 35000rpm and accessories
- router 1.75HP 23000rpm
- grinder bench 6in 1/3HP
- pencil sharpener
surface:
safety:
- mask dust qty 30
- mask welding qty 3
- gloves welding pair medium large qty 3 each
- earmuff qty 3
- apron qty 3
- ear-plugs
- solder fume absorber
- dust collector
- gloves nitrile qty 200
power distribution:
- transformer wall-wart 9V 1.5A, 24V 1.15A qty 10 each
- power supply UPS
- surge protector 7-outlets 12ft cord qty 5
- cord extension 10ft
- pneumatic coupler qty 3
- hose rubber compressed-air 1/4in 25ft
materials:
- wax machinable 4.3l
- heatshrink tubing 1/16-1/2 by 1/8s x4ft black qty 5
- cardboard havy duty 12000in^2
- acrylic 1/8in 1440in^2
- swab cotton qty 1000
- wire magnet 30AWG 3000ft
- vinyl tan garolite 1/32in 1440in^2
- rubber mat 3/32in 1728in^2
- film adhesive transfer 6in x180ft
- tape masking 6in x180ft
- film epoxy 6in x300ft
- tape copper 6in x300ft
- vinyl yel red blue grn
- PCB stock FR1 .062 1/0 40in x48in machinable
consumables:
- printer inkjet cartridges black color qty 3 each
- pencil lead 0.7mm qty 180
- pencil eraser qty 15
- tape label 1/4in -3/4in qty 3 each
- solder 0.020in 4lb
- solder braid 0.050in 100ft
- soldering tips flat/0.015in qty 5
- stirrer 6in qty 500
- dish weighing aluminum qty 1000
- foil aluminum 0.001in x1in x500ft
- zipties 6in reusable qty 500
- zipties 15in reusable qty 125
- glue stick 1/2in x4in 2lbs
- tape double sided 1/2in x1000ft
- cups polypropylene qty 250
- cups plastic 5oz qty 500
- cups plastic 10oz qty 250
- cups plastic 16oz qty 250
- wipes 9in x10.5in qty 1250
- tape scotch qty 20
- tape packaging qty 1.89in x 900ft
- battery 9V alkaline qty 48
- cd-rw qty 25
- paper 2reams
- marker sharpie black qty 12
- laminator pouch small large qty 100 each
- wire welding 0.030in flux-core 4lbs
- tooling: #wtf is wrong with yaml, 2 spaces is not good enough?
- saw blades for scroll saw
- endmills carbide 0.01in -0.125in by 1/8in s qty 10 each
- endmills carbide 0.015in -0.125in by 1/8in s ballnose qty 10 each
- endmills carbide 1/8in 1/4in 1/2in by 1/2in 7/8in 1 1/8in by
square ball qty 2 each
- blades vinyl-cutter 45 degree qty 25
- grinding wheel dresser
- brush wire wheel 6in x 3/4in
- router bits HSS set of 6
- endmill HSS 3/16in qty 3
hand tools:
- Heat Gun 750-800F
- glue gun
- screwdriver precision 6pc set qty 2
- tweezers curved tip qty 20
- wire stripper 30-20AWG qty 5
- plier diagonal cutting qty 5
- plier long nose qty 5
- hex key set
- wrench set 1/4in -7/8in
- pliers locking 5in 6.5in 10in qty 1 each
- clamp bar 12in qty 6
- hammer welding
- screwdriver ratcheting philips slot torx sq pozi qty 5
- screwdriver hex ball-end set 0.05in -3/8in
- file set of 5
- file needle set qty 3
- knife utility breakaway qty 10
- scissors 8in qty 5
- broom qty 3
- dustpan qty 3
- vacuum 9.6-Volt Cyclonic DustBuster
measuring:
- Function Generator, 10 MHz DDS with Counter
- Digital Storage Oscilloscope, 150 MHz, Color
- magnifier loupe 10X 1in qty 10
- test clip smd qty 5
- multimeter w/freq+capacitance qty 3
- ruler 6in decimal inch qty 10
- scale digital 2000g max 0.1g resolution
- caliper dial 6in max 0.001in graduations
- measuring tape 50ft qty 6
- cable BNC minihook, microhook qty 10 each
- plug banana/bnc qty 10
- adapter tee BNC-mm/ff qty 10
- adapter usb serial qty 10
- ruler 12in stainless qty 10
- Power Supply, Triple Output, DC, Digital, 30V, 3A
- Magnifier Light, IFM,5 DIOPTER, 45in ARM, CLAMP-ON
fixtures:
- vise panavise jr qty 4
- vise positioner "third hand" qty 5
- clamps for shopbot
- collets ER25 by 1/8in s
- dispenser for packaging tape
- dispenser for scotch tape
information:
- TV/Monitor 10.2-Inch Widescreen LCD Color (videoconferencing)
- ethernet switch 8port qty 2
- router wireless
- ethernet cable 3ft 5ft 7ft 10ft 25ft qty 5 each
- printer scanner inkjet
- printer inkjet
- video conference device
- video projector
- books electronics and programming
- computer 2.3GHz 2GB RAM qty 5
- paper notebook qty 10
- pen ballpoint blue qty 120
- pencil mechanical 0.7mm qty 60
- paper pads 5in x8in qty 36
- printer label maker
storage:
- bags antistatic 3x5-8x10 qty 100
- bins cardboard 2,3,4,6,8in W 12in D 4in H qty 20 each
- bins plastic small 2in qty 64
- bins plastic large 4in qty 24
components:
- (1206 SOD-123 SSOT SOT23 unless stated otherwise)
- resistors 1/4W 0-10Mohm by 5s, 10s qty 1000 each
- capacitor 1pF-0.1uF by 10s 50v qty 500 each
- capacitor 1uF 50V qty 250
- capacitor 3.3uF 16V qty 1000
- capacitor 10uF 35V qty 100
- capacitor radial 10F 2.7V qty 10
- choke coil 1-1000uH by 10s qty 25 each
- diode schottky 100V qty 500
- diode zener 3.3V qty 500
- diode zener 4.7V qty 500
- mosfet n-ch 30V 1.7A qty 250
- mosfet p-ch 30V 1.1A qty 250
- mosfet n-ch 30V 12.5A qty 50
- h-bridge 30V 2.3A qty 50 (sm8 package)
- regulators LDO 3.3-5V 100mA qty 250 each
- regulator LDO 5V 1A qty 100
- LED red green qty 250 each
- LED white rgb IR IR/flat qty 100 each
- phototransistor black opaque clear qty 100 each
- LCD module 16x2 characters qty 25
- speaker 16x35mm 8ohm 0.5W qty 25
- microphone condenser -40dB qty 50
- thermistor 10kohm qty 25
- opamp qty 100
- microcontoller attiny45V 4kB 10MHz 8pins qty 200
- microcontroller attiny44 4kB 20MHz 14pins qty 100
- microcontroller atmega88 8kB 20MHz 32pins qty 50
- resonator ceramic 20.00MHz qty 100
- switch slidng 12V 100mA qty 50
- switch tactile qty 100
- magnets 0.25in and 0.5in dia by 0.125in thick qty 100 each
- header and socket 64pin qty 10 each
- jack power 2.1mm, 2.35mm, 2.75mm qty 100 each
- jack phono qty 10
- plug stereo 2.5mm qty 100
- plug stereo 2.5mm qty 100 w/cover?
- plug rca qty 50
- connector db9 and db25 shell qty 25 each
- cable ribbon 9conductor 300 ft
- battery snap 9v-style qty 100
- battery holder 9v-style qty 50
- battery holder AAA/N qty 100
- connector ribbon cable 2,3,4,5 by rec/vert/RA qty 100 each
- transducer ultrasonic 40kHz 112dB qty 10
- motor step 7-16V by 4s 3.6-15deg qty 10 each
- motor dc 6-24V by 6s 1.4A qty 10 each
- motor dc 12v 110rpm gearhead qty 10
As for a standard TechShop, here's the inventory:
- lab:
name: techshop
logo: http://techshop.ws/_templates/images/techshop_logo.png
link: http://techshop.ws/tools_and_equipment.html
inventory:
bulk shape creation:
- FDM goo squirter (Dimension SST)
joining:
- Soldering Iron
- Sewing Machine, Industrial qty ??
- sewing machine CNC
- Plastic Seam Welder, Floor Mounted
- Plastic Welding Setup, Handheld
- Welder, MIG
- Welder, Oxygen Acetylene
- Welder, Spot
- Welder, Stick Arc
- Welder, TIG
parting:
- CNC Vinyl Cutter
- Chop Saw
- Horizontal Band Saw
- Vertical Band Saw
- Laser Cutter, Epilog 45W
- laser cutter, epilog 25W
- Throatless Shear, Bench Mounted
- Sheet Metal Shear, Power, 48in Wide
- Plasma Cutter, CNC, 4ft x 8ft
- scroll saw
- radial arm saw
deformation:
- Vacuum Forming Station, 24in x 24in
- Box and Pan Brake
- English Wheel
- Planishing Hammer, Air-Powered
- Press Brake, 15-Ton Power
- Slip Roll, Power, 48in Widel
- shrinker stretcher
removal:
- Disk Sander, Large, Pedestal Mounted
- Grinders, Pedestal Mounted
- Drill Press
- Lathe, Large Metal, with Tooling qty 5
- Milling Machine, Large, with Digital Readout and Tooling qty 5
- Milling Machine, Desktop, CNC qty 2?
- Rotary Turret Punch
surface:
- Sand Blasting Cabinet qty 3
- Paint Booth, Table-Top (10ft W x 5ft T x 2ft D)
- Powder Coating Station and Oven
- anodizing setup
safety:
materials:
- '"bin wall" of parts and materials?'
components:
- '"bin wall" of parts and materials?'
hand tools:
- Open and Box End Wrenches, Inch and Metric
- Socket Wrenches, Inch and Metric, and Ratchets
- probably every power tool, ever
measuring:
- Multimeter
- Oscilloscope
- Granite Surface Plate
- Height Gauges, Digital
- Calipers, Digital
- Micrometer, Digital
fixtures:
- Floor Jack and Jack Stands
- Motorcycle Lift
- Transmission Jack
information:
- Video Camcorder, Digital, 3 CCD
- brainstorming lounge
- wifi high speed internet
- computers
storage:
- lockers?
- refrigerator
power distribution:
- compressed air at every table
- 115V outlets at every table
- coffee fresh-brewed
Smári McCarthy
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Thanks for those YAMLs. While they encompass the range of equipment
generally considered standard, there is some variation on what actually
exists. For example we have been unable to source an acceptable
Convection Oven here and many labs have augmented their standard setup
with Rep-Rap, Fab@Home, Torchmates, or other equipment.
Otherwise I was generally just asking for a short list of the big
items for now, which for most labs would be "Modela, CAMM, Epilog, Shopbot".
Hopefully somebody will chime in.
- Smári
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What's the longitude?
Ton Zijlstra
On Jul 9, 11:13 pm, Smári McCarthy <sm...@fabfolk.com> wrote:
>
> I'm working on a piece of software that should help lab-interoperability.
>
interoperability?
Ton
Bryan Bishop
Smari and I talked about this the other day. He seems to think that
he's writing something equivalent to skdb, the hardware package
management system ("apt-get for real stuff"). However, there are still
a few items left up in the air, and whether or not we're all repeating
the same work as sproutwards is fuzzy at the moment.
Bryan Bishop
> Bryan Bishop wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Ton Zijlstra wrote:
>>> On Jul 9, 11:13 pm, Smári McCarthy wrote:
>>>> I'm working on a piece of software that should help lab-interoperability.
>>>>
>>> Can you elaborate a bit on that? In what way it helps lab-
>>> interoperability?
>>
>> Smari and I talked about this the other day. He seems to think that
>> he's writing something equivalent to skdb, the hardware package
>> management system ("apt-get for real stuff"). However, there are still
>> a few items left up in the air, and whether or not we're all repeating
>> the same work as sproutwards is fuzzy at the moment.
>
> capabilities that the equipment has. Equipment is linked to sites, and
> sites to individuals (adding a slight social networking aspect). The
> capabilities then could be easily mapped into something like Bryan's
> SKDB in order to get a "in order to make this, you need these
> capabilities, which can be accessed here, here and here."... not every
> lab has a knitting machine or an embroidery machine or a loom, not every
> lab has a laser with a bigger bed than 30x60cm, not every lab has a
> shopbot. By mapping what exists and where hopefully we'll be closer to
> having the ability to "crowdsource" the construction of things across labs.
At the moment though, the skdb representation for different
manufacturing processes needs to be improved. There are only about
nine different processes represented, and no particular machine is
packaged yet to say 'this implements abrasive cutting but with the
following performance characteristics'. The idea is to grab these
numbers for generic machines and say it's "good enough", and when
somebody has a machine with a quirky characteristic, they only have to
input that one quirky characteristic, instead of the whole damn thing.
fenn was hoping to be done typing up the process representations
within the next couple of weeks, but maybe he should instead focus on
those processes which are typical of a fablab setup so that we can hit
the most birds with the fewest stones here?
Here's what he has so far:
http://adl.serveftp.org/lab/fenn/taxonomy-small.png
http://adl.serveftp.org/lab/fenn/taxonomy.svg
http://adl.serveftp.org/lab/fenn/abrasive_jet.jpg
http://adl.serveftp.org/lab/fenn/arbor_mill.jpg
These are just graphviz visualizations. The actual data describing
these generic processes is over here:
http://github.com/kanzure/skdb/blob/79ee932c978edab7dd0f476c4b8c05d519548075/processes.yaml
(But remember, in the end, nobody (unless they're doing something
weird) will have to bother with that, and will just overwrite the
generic parameters for whatever capabilities their machine provides
for.)
> This, I imagine, will be particularly useful when we start to have the
> labs manufacture their own equipment. That way, somebody intending to
> start a new lab could search for the closest, say, RepRap to himself,
> and go and ask the owner of said RepRap to make a copy for him.
or search for the closest "sufficiently similar manufacturing process"
or something. I think it should be a matter of searching for which
processes are available and *then* what you can build, but either way
the system is still going to work in general.
Ton Zijlstra
>
> What I'm working on is a database of digital manufacturing equipment and
> capabilities that the equipment has. Equipment is linked to sites, and
> sites to individuals (adding a slight social networking aspect). The
> capabilities then could be easily mapped into something like Bryan's
> SKDB in order to get a "in order to make this, you need these
> capabilities, which can be accessed here, here and here."... not every
> lab has a knitting machine or an embroidery machine or a loom, not every
> lab has a laser with a bigger bed than 30x60cm, not every lab has a
> shopbot. By mapping what exists and where hopefully we'll be closer to
> having the ability to "crowdsource" the construction of things across labs.
>
> This, I imagine, will be particularly useful when we start to have the
> labs manufacture their own equipment. That way, somebody intending to
> start a new lab could search for the closest, say, RepRap to himself,
> and go and ask the owner of said RepRap to make a copy for him.
>
> You get the picture. Suggestions and contributions welcome!
>
> - Smári
Excellent, Smari.
We probably should discuss this directly a bit more as well.
With the Dutch FabLabs we are building a platform that we envision
will strengthen the FabLab community.
Part of what we aim for is creating the possibility of pulling in
content (tutorials, examples, designs, projects) form other FabLab
sites.
Being able to pull content in we think will in part center around
machines: get me content from elsewhere that is relevant to the type
of machines we have available locally.
Your point about this becoming more important when labs start printing
their own machines is well taken.
Can you keep me in the loop on the info you collect? I would like to
add it e.g. to
http://www.mindmeister.com/maps/show_public/12546135?password=FabLabNL
(the map at that URL is fully editable btw so feel free to add info
still missing)
best,
Ton