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Make your own book sound cool, Also seems like a easy hobby that would interest everyone (based on no facts at all)

**Only if there is enough interest from many people. Please vote seriously please vote (hint hint)

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Cost: $500.00

Many people need to get things to and from MakeHaven but often don't have a large car, or only bike. A pickup truck could be used by staff and members to get lumber, transport large scrap and pickup equipment. Ideally this truck would be kept in the parking garage next to MakeHaven.

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Cost: $15,000.00

Creates channels, ridges, and flanges to stiffen and minimize vibration in sheet metal parts or even just to decorate them---think truck bed floors and auto body panels. Stiffening allows for thinner gauges to be used and cheaper lighter sheet metal parts to be made.

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Cost: $175.00

I think it would open a lot of possibilities if we added castable wax resin to our FormLabs 3B supplies. For example, as a jeweler I do a lot of initial design work with 3D modeling and lost-wax casting. Make Haven doesn't have metal casting equipment, but there are lots of outside casting facilities that will accept shipped models.

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Cost: $500.00

Computers for common use with beefy capabilities appropriate for running high end CAD programs.

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Cost: $4,000.00

Having the ability to print large parts would be great. The Gigabot 3+ (what they have at Sacred Heart) is a good option: https://shop.re3d.org/products/gigabot

https://www.prusa3d.com/product/original-prusa-xl-6/ - 3000

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Cost: $3,000.00

Found a cheaper press! With an open sided die!

https://coaliron.com/collections/hydraulic-forging-presses/products/16-t...

Just a little smooshy boi, why not?

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Cost: $4,950.00

Especially now that we’re developing a ceramics area, this would be a great synergy between 3D printing and ceramics. This way we can print very, very complicated and precise parts with the ceramic resin, and then fire them to yield a purely ceramic part. One of the few FormLabs resins that can (through firing) be considered food safe.

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Cost: $400.00

There are so many random tutorials out there for it, but in the end, they are not cohesive - from beginning to the point where it is useful for working with on our CNC machines. It would just be great to have someone to make the process more clear.

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Pin looms are small, affordable introductions to weaving that are quite capable of going from tiny and simple projects to much larger objects and garments when pieces are connected. Not terribly expensive, a ton of good resources out there on learning, and a fun way to expand our textile offerings without taking up much space.

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Cost: $200.00

If we had 2x Form Wash units, we would go through much less IPA. The 1st would be a pre-wash, to get off most of the residue, and the 2nd would be the final wash. The 1st could get really dirty before needing replacement, and the 2nd would stay clean for a long time. https://formlabs.com/store/post-processing/form-wash

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Cost: $650.00

Because it would be great to have a serious welding table: https://fireballtool.com/products/the-workbench-60x30-cast-iron-table

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Cost: $5,000.00

Because it would be great to have more reliable, nicer sewing machines.
1x Bernina 770: $6500
2x Juki Industrial DDL-8700: $1100 each
1x Baby Lock Industrial Serger Victory: $2000
1x Coverstitch JUKI MF-7523: $3000

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Cost: $13,700.00

Hand building is fun!

Good for hand building slab built projects like tile making and other forms impossible to make on a potter's wheel!

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Cost: $876.00

Because being able to accurately 3d scan objects is an amazing capability. https://www.artec3d.com/portable-3d-scanners/artec-eva

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Cost: $20,000.00

Because our current dust collector is underpowered for the number of tools we now have.

https://beavertools.com/mdcxf102203-laguna-x-flux-10hp-industrial-dust-c...

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Cost: $15,000.00

Machine Shop, Jewelry Shop, and Electronics Shop can all benefit from a small accessible high speed drill press. High speeds are necessary to spin the tiny drills used to make small holes in Jewelry parts, Printed Circuit Boards, and small-scale precision devices.

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Cost: $132.00

They're really cool! They are also having something of a 'moment' amongst comic authors / printmakers / artists / etc., and I think it would be fun to have one in New Haven.

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Cost: $1,500.00

To make it easier to move things in tight spaces! https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/dual-direction-pallet-truck-pallet-ja...

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Cost: $600.00

It would be extremely useful to have a piano in the Media room. This model is inexpensive, covers a lot of modern recording technology and needs.

https://www.samash.com/yamaha-p125a-88-note-digital-piano-black-yp125abxx

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Cost: $1,200.00

Chainsaw for lending library and for woodshop.

I've been interested in turning some larger pieces of wood on the lathe and needed to cut them down to size, but the mouth on the band saw was too small. There are no tools in the shop that were able to cut the wood down to size, only hand saws.

Dewalt chainsaw (18 in) at home depot $400. 12in $279.

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Cost: $400.00

we used to have at least 8 quick clamps/ squeeze clamps in the wood shop now there is one it makes trying to glue together things that are smaller than 4 ft long nearly impossible because the only clamps there are left are awkward big clamps

https://www.harborfreight.com/24-inch-bar-clamp-96213.html

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Cost: $100.00

Artisan asylum got one and it was popular.
Example (should examine others): https://www.amazon.com/Permanent-Tungsten-Weldable-Orthodontics-Restorat...

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Cost: $500.00

We have a lot of tools available for creating parts, but limited options for finishing them. We can buff and paint, and do some bake-on coatings.

An anodizing set up would work on a number of different metals and would create an opportunity for beautiful shiny parts.

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Cost: $600.00

A flat and uniform support for the glass is essential to avoid cracking. The Waterjet Brick works well for cutting glass. Cut on top of Waterjet Brick to avoid frosting the back side of the glass with slat splashback. Avoids the risk of sprayback from slat deflection as much as possible.

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Cost: $364.43

https://krita.org/en/ is an open source paint program and it lends itself to Wacom tablet use.. The software is free.

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Cost: $0.00

Because COLOR, on metal and plastics. Cool. Here's an example without a lot of research, just the first I found: https://www.xtool.com/products/portable-diode-laserbox-d1-for-laser-engr...

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Cost: $1,200.00