If they’re not already on the list, I would add piles of breadboard-friendly switches to the mix, and probably also a bunch of mosfets or relays. And maybe conductive ink and circuit glue… You might also want to replace some of the battery holders with USB power banks. Maybe some cheap steppers, servos and gearmotors. Oh, and even more solid-core wire – you could make it part of the initiation for the place to strip the ends of a few dozen pieces of wire to serve as jumpers.
If your clientele starts heading in that direction, you could get a ZIF socket, some ATTiny chips and sockets, and a programmer. In many cases those can substitute for an arduino at less than 1/10 the cost.
Maybe to make 3d printing more accessible to inexperienced folks, get yerself set up for 3d scanning. I don’t have any recommendations on printers or scanners as I am one of those folks, but I know you’ve got THOSE kind people around here already. Yeah, it’s slow. But in your case, start a print in the morning, go to a class and lunch, and pick up your small item after you are done eating.
I’m transferring the makerbot digitizer from a lab to the makerspace, it’ll get more use there.
I will also have the structure sensor on an Ipad pro finally so I can use it fully. It’s been on a mini 2 since I got it on kickstarter, can’t wait to see what it does now.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions!
My neighbor is being forced out of his space by the new owner of his building (he was given 30 days notice that his rent would be doubled…). He’s been there 20+ years, and has amassed a fair amount of stuff.
One thing in particular, a paper shear, caught my eye, that you or someone else on the forum might be interested in… but you would need a good way to come pick up a very large, very heavy, old machine. I’m tempted to buy it from him myself, but I just don’t see myself using it… and it takes up a bit of space.
I have no idea what he will do with it if he can’t sell it within the next month. I have no idea what he would take for it, but I’m sure he is open to all offers.
oh man, I wish I could. I’m going to have to get real inventive trying to fit everything I just ordered in that room.
I did just order a Carvey from Inventables though, looking forward to seeing that thing in action!
We have one. It is that size but pre-hydraulics.
It just has a BIG handle and lead counterweight.
Edit: I was confused by the first picture.
That is actually pretty much identical to “Mabel” (my wife gets to name the letterpress tools).
The only difference is that ours is a Challenge instead of Chandler & Price.
The one I miss terribly didn’t have a big handle, it had a Really Big Flywheel underneath. You would crank it for a while to get it spinning, then throw in the clutch. (We also had an old hydraulic one – leaked like a sieve and had to be tossed when it kept stalling halfway trough the cycle.)
