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− | * Whiteboard and pens! [http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=drywipe+whiteboard&hl=en&aq=f buy] [http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Own-White-Board-(Dry-Erase-Board) make] Or maybe build this blackboard [http://www.instructables.com/id/Chalkboard-Table/|blackboard table]? (We have magnetic blackboard | + | * Whiteboard and pens! [http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=drywipe+whiteboard&hl=en&aq=f buy] [http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Own-White-Board-(Dry-Erase-Board) make] Or maybe build this blackboard [http://www.instructables.com/id/Chalkboard-Table/|blackboard table]? (We have a magnetic blackboard painted on the wall now...) |
* Small fridge NOT: [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mini-Fridge-White/dp/B002D3DURW/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1270487804&sr=8-10], we already have one like that! | * Small fridge NOT: [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mini-Fridge-White/dp/B002D3DURW/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1270487804&sr=8-10], we already have one like that! | ||
* Pillar Drill | * Pillar Drill |
Revision as of 13:56, 16 June 2010
Wishlist
If you want the space to buy something, add it to the list. If you need it urgently you should probably mail the list and prod people.
Books/Magazines/Subscriptions
If you can, add an amazon link or equivalent please!
- Make Magazine + back issues
- I have some back issues that I can donate. --Teabot 10:06, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
- 2600 Magazine + back issues
- Making things talk (And all the other make books)
- A copy of The Art of Electronics by Horowitz and Hill for the space might be good. --Steff 16:07, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
- Physics for Scientists and Engineers
- Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits
Equipment
Sub-£100
- A fire extinguisher [1]
- A screen for the projector
- USB 1-Wire interface and 1-Wire temperature sensors. [2]
- Decent set square
- Dremel flex shaft
- Coat Rack/hatstand
- First aid kit (http://www.stjohnsupplies.co.uk/products/default.asp?productId=F30081)
- Eye Wash, I suppose.
- Vice/mole grips
- Lock jaw
- Socket set [3]
- Wood saw [4]
- Bow saw [5]
- Tenon saw [6]
- Mitre block/box
- Kitchen towel and/or blue paper towels
- Claw hammer [7]
- Screwdrivers, large and small [8], [9]
- Spirit level [10]
- Laser Printer [11]
- Extension leads etc [12]
- Conical drill bits [13]
- Flatscreen computer displays. Extending your lappy desktop makes development a lot easier. Available extra cheap 2nd hand on ebay.
- DIY SMT Oven. Cheap Option 1, Cheap Option 2, Cheap Option 3. I'm willing to co-ordinate a project to make one of these. --PaulR.
- Box of sharpies [14]
- Box of mechanical pencils (cheap ones)
- Metal desk vices (We have one, but it's itty-bitty)
- Helium canister
- An iron [15]
- Sheet metal / PCB guillotine
- Laser safety glasses for various spectrum.
- http://www.orbitmicro.com/global/pcilx4-5-p-12865.html but not until i've checked that it will work and also fiddled with interfaceing the HP1650A to a computer JasperWallace
- possibly this: http://www.orbitmicro.com/global/pci2mpci-02-p-793.html and/or this: http://www.orbitmicro.com/global/mpci-flex-p-795.html I think my soekris net4521 has the pci card and minipci cards on the same pci bus? If so the pci/HP1650 card above would be fine. (But thats 5V? and the Soekris is 3.3v only iirc?). JasperWallace
- Plastic boxes x 20
- USB A-B cables
- A bunch of these and suitable headers
- Some more cheap kits for newbies
Sub-£500
- Whiteboard and pens! buy make Or maybe build this blackboard table? (We have a magnetic blackboard painted on the wall now...)
- Small fridge NOT: [16], we already have one like that!
- Pillar Drill
- SMT Oven
- Bench sander
- Box-pan brake (for fabricating robot brackets) [17]
- PCB through-hole riveter
- A decent microscope (Digital would be nice)
- I have one of these, 40x Magnification, Mirror, Not digital though. Can drop it off next time I come (Joe)
- While Joe's Motic would provide much hacker's delight, a long-arm stereo microscope would be more useful for working on small electronics.
Over £500
- Lathe
- Laser cutter
- CNC Milling Machine
- Band saw
- Computerised sewing machine
Components
See the Components page.