Projects at risk

This page documents projects that are causing problems for the hackspace because they're unfinished or unmaintained.

Projects which have been abandoned are liable to be thrown away or repurposed to recover the working area and the components in them. Any project can be proposed for this treatment : this page is where the progress is noted.

THIS PAGE IS A PROPOSAL - EXPIRY DATES ARE EXAMPLES

In particular, no attempt has been made at present to contact the owners named. The action dates are therefore not yet valid.

Procedure

A project that has been noted (marked for deletion ..) should be added to this page and the date noted. The project owner - if there is one - should be contacted and must respond by updating the page within 1 month. The response may be one or more of :

• Action taken towards completing the project
• Documenting an acceptable plan to make progress on the project
• Agreement that the project should be scrapped and a plan for disposal

If this doesn't happen, the assumption is that the project will be assigned to the 3-week bin for eventual disposal. Initially, we'll say that consensus must occur for any project to be scrapped in this way. If the procedure is found to work we may be able to make the requirements less subjective. Other interested parties may change the requirements, disposal plans etc. but this will normally cause the 1 month waiting period to be restarted.

Note that the owner is not necessarily the owner of the equipment. Some projects are the property of the hackspace. The owner is the person who initially drove the project and takes responsibility for it.

Projects needing attention

Laser cutter

Owner

None (previously Solexious because he did most of the maintenance).

Status

The laser cutter has been in a state of limited working since Solexious announced he would no longer maintain it. A number of people have made an effort to fix it, but it still has warnings attached. There is some difficulty as nobody wants to mess it up, especially as most people hope Solexious wishes to maintain it again (he did a great job .. personally I think it misses him).

Requirements

An owner is needed, taking responsibility for regular maintenance and providing continuity to repair efforts. Since the laser cutter is very important to the hackspace, the owner should function as a team leader with a documented fallback plan to cover absences.

Response

Only abandoned it due to time constraints making my time at the space very limited. Happy to take up the mantle early December and work on resources to help train more people in maintence - Solexious 21:17, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Asc is pretty good with it, and has training from Sol. At the moment, it's working fine, but will need maintenance soon. Ms7821 21:20, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Calendar

• Updated plan --Solexious 21:22, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
• Noted 'at risk' --Artag 11:55, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
• Action required by 6.11.2011

Disposal

If no owner is found, the cutter should be sold : if not maintained it will not work, and it still has some residual value.

Stratasys

Owner

BillyArtag

Status

The Stratasys has seen very limited progress after an encouraging start. Believed to now have all requirements except for some repairs to stepper control boards.

Requirements

Need to show usefulness and fix periodic turning-off bug.

Response

With various people contributing, Hipster got it working[1] and has put instructions on the wiki. Apparently still turns off periodically. Bumping up action time by 1 month. Ms7821 21:23, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Calendar

• Noted 'at risk' --Artag 11:55, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
• Billy contacted 6.10.2011, passed ownership to artag
• Hipster got it working on 3rd November
• Action required by 6.12.2011

Disposal

Glen2 has suggested reusing the mechanical part and replacing the electronics with reprap parts.

Vending machine

Owner

Solexious

Status

Progress slow since it was damaged and Solexious got busy with work

Requirements

Update needed to wiki to explain current situation and plan for completion. If the current owner does not wish to complete it, find a new owner.

Calendar

• Noted 'at risk' --Artag 11:55, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
• Action required by 6.11.2011

Disposal

Scrap

Trebuchet

Owner

Spooq

Status

Progress slow, takes up a load of space.

Requirements

Update needed to wiki to explain current situation and plan for completion.

Calendar

• Noted 'at risk' --Artag 11:55, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
• Action required by 6.11.2011

Disposal

Scrap

Kitchen

Owner

Russ / Phil

Status

Making slow progress in worktops, but needs completing, especially electrical and water services sorting

Requirements

Update needed to wiki to explain current situation and plan for completion.

Calendar

• Noted 'at risk' --Artag 11:55, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
• Action required by 6.11.2011

Disposal

Abandon effort, limit kitchen facilities to drinks near existing sink, reclaim room for other uses.

Notification sign

Owner

Solexious

Status

Sol says he's going to rebuild it - the only thing currently known about it is that it's not working.

Requirements

This is something we can easily replace with a Nanode or similar - it's just a matter of plugging the new sign into Babbage. Russ has some of the matrix displays.

Calendar

• Noted 'at risk' --Mark 13:04, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
• Action required by 6.11.2011

Disposal

If Sol can't do anything with it, it should go in his box to avoid more damage. Tom's "Rage Guage" will need wiring into something else.

Quad trolley

Owner

Phish?

Status

Has wheels and a base.

Requirements

A purpose/direction/use.

Calendar

• Noted 'at risk' --Ms7821 13:09, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
• Action required by 6.11.2011

Disposal

Should be disassembled if the wheels are wanted by someone else. Otherwise, skip.

Display laser

Owner

Russ

Status

The mirrors were used once for a demonstration, but something broke. I don't think the laser itself works.

Requirements

I think this needs to justify its space. Perhaps a permanent installation for open days?

Calendar

• Noted 'at risk' --Ms7821 13:09, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
• Action required by 6.11.2011

Disposal

Can be sold in pieces - Russ said he expected to make back most of the cost this way.