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(The items linked here are probably the lowest available price, but due to the quantity of data I've been digging through I cannot do exhaustive searches on everything so this is not currently certain.)

Please note that articles with * are items Adam has and can eventually long-term loan to the space.

Where possible, tools are emphasised over materials. The idea is to increase the range of our abilities, via either new avenues or extending capabilities of current equipment.

David has been contacted for advice about resin equipment and what we should look for as a basic loadout; he's offered to drop in one day to discuss it. He's also suggested a casting workshop at some point this year.

In progress...

Materials ; Improvement

Eg for building the 'rafter' shelving, laying more carpet, etc. Things that will actually be part of the structure.

- Ply.

Materials / Consumables.

Assuming we have spare change in the grant, what house stock do we want to soak it up with? This is also useful as a bargaining tool so we can 'haggle down' if needed, by removing things that we didn't really need in the first place. It should all be justifiable, but some rationale relate more strongly to some aspects of 'revitalisation' than others.

- Filament; any in particular?
- Lumber; any specifics? Plywood, CLS, planks ?
- Laser ply, acrylic and friends

To research / add:

Another / better soldering station? A sewing machine has been suggested in the past. One could be rescued from freecycle mayhaps.

Screen printing equipment. Digital and/or oldschool? This is a beast I am unfamiliar with.

A dehumidifier might help in the workshop. Unsure though, given the scale of the problem.

A 'better' front door camera. Jon, opine please?

Long-term consumables may be worth investing in. In particular, paints, wood dyes and finishes spring to mind. On a related note, also paintbrushes.

The grinder is currently pretty useless. We could expand it with a range of wheels to allow cleaning, abrading, sharpening and polishing - we also need to fit a guard and mount the thing though, it likes to go for a walk and spit firey sparks about the place. https://www.machinemart.co.uk/c/grinding--polishing-wheels/?p=1&c=30&s=pricelowhigh

Our stationary is a touch lacking, but I'm not sure it's worth putting on the wishlist. Specifically, rulers/squares, protractor, curve ruler set, a detail sharpie or two, and some mechanical pencils would fill a hole. We're also missing rubbers according to Amy.

Misc shared consumables; glues, tapes, screw, nails, wire and so forth. Again not sure it's worth listing.

Resin paraphrenalia. Aside from a load of pots and mixers, we'd need scales, gloves, and sheet foam to make the moulds from. Long-term consumables here are things like dyes, mould release agents, of which only a small amount is used per cast. Also plaster of paris and a ton of bandages / rags / paper would be a sensible stock item. They're cheap and used for exomoulds and mean much less resin actually needs to be used per item. We would also need expendable paintbrushes here too.

Simplify3D was suggested as a potential purchase a while ago, but my research so far suggests that slic3r Prusa edition is probably better, and of course, free. Simplify3D seem to be coasting on reputation and not actively developing or bugfixing. Citation: http://www.akeric.com/blog/?p=4164

Speaking of of 3D printers, we currently have 4, of which only 2 (mostly) work. Fixing the current ones would provide an increased bandwidth for reasonable quality prints, so buying another average printer wouldn't benefit us that much. It may be worth investing in a machine that allows something otherwise new, eg a huge print bed, or multiple extruders.

In terms of building infrastructure, for grants that are usable for construction materials;

 The Workshop Roof. See below.
 Design & cost up a drop ceiling for the main area. (low priority given the other concerns!)
 The under rafter shelves; once clear, measure and work out plywood/caster requirements.
 Carpet!
 An oven (might be hard to justify an oven in a workshop to a bunch of suits)

For grants that allow overheads, they are our main outlay. In theory we should use grants that allow such use for as much of them as we can.

Things that would be very nice but we can probably build or bodge:

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-4-inch-cross-vice-ccv4c/ £47.98 , solid cross vice. Adam is currently brewing something out of scraps and dreams for the drill press but it won't be as sturdy!

https://www.screwfix.com/p/triton-tsps450-450w-oscillating-spindle-sander-240v/1417k £120 , Bobbin sander. Wonderful for anything non-flat, but we could in theory make our own.

The 'Magic Money Wand' Section

If the banking fairy rains upon us:

Overhaul the workshop roof; remove the polystyrene and start again. Off of the top of my head, we need a damp membrane, insulation that isn't flammable, and some plywood. This is not my area so I hestitate to commit numbers to paper based on guesswork. See previous requests for getting quotations/advice on this.

A lathe - can the floor support this? They are also bloody big. Update: I've found a few small options, £200ish for wood, £600+ for metal. Do we really want a metalworking lathe? Cost aside, swarf is a bloody nightmare. For wood, this is likely the best candidate

Better bandsaw, with a deeper throat and more welly.

Soundproof the presentation area

A serious 3d printer. Ideas are welcome!