Pledge: Knitting Machine: Difference between revisions

From London Hackspace Wiki
 
(49 intermediate revisions by 21 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
==The item==
==The item==


'''A new knitter has been found!'''
We have a [[Equipment/Brother KH-950|Brother KH-950 Knitting machine]]!


This is a pledge for a Brother KH-950 Knitting machine.
It can be hacked to knit over usb and to work automatically. This means you can 'print' pixel art in wool form!


It can be hacked to knit over usb and to work automatically. This means you can 'print' pixle art in wool form!
==Story so far==


The auction is here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brother-electronic-950i-knitting-machine-and-ribber_W0QQitemZ320656354468QQcategoryZ28146QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DDLSL%252BSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D270683297386%252B270683297386%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7161742518461164214#ht_500wt_1156
* Knitter won on a well-know auction site
* Got a very strange look from the seller when I collected it "Is it...for you??!"
* Briefly set up in Derby and ran for two minutes before the smoke escaped
* Fault identified as a failed capacitor in the PSU.  Spare cap will be collected from a well-known high street electronics company on Tuesday 5th July
* Should be delivered to the Space on Sunday 10th July
* New caps have been fitted and the machine powers up without smoke


The item is pickup only from Canterbury, please note on your pledge if your able to collect it.
Please could all pledges now be settled by transfer to the HackSpace account, with the unique reference "KNITTING".


==Pledges==
==Pledges==
* <s>£10 [[user:ciaran.mooney|Ciarán]]</s> -- PAID
* <s>£10 [[user:ciaran.mooney|Ciarán]]</s> -- PAID
* <s>£40 [[User:Solexious|Solexious]] </s> -- PAID
* <s>£40 [[User:Solexious|Solexious]] </s> -- PAID
* £40 [[User:MattP|mattp]]
* <s>£10 [[user:cholten99|Dave Durant]]</s> -- PAID reference ""
* £30 [[User:nigle|nigle]]
* <s>£30 [[user:deathzerozero|zoe]]</s> -- PAID reference "knitting machine from zpl"
* £20 [[User:tomwj|tomwj]]
* <s>£10 [[user:kevinb456|kevin]]</s> -- PAID reference "FFED910200922B9FC7"
* £10 [[User:JasperWallace|jasper]]
* <s>£10 [[user:Artag|Artag]]</s> -- PAID reference "FFED910200922B9FC7"  (sorry, saw the change too late)
* £10 [[User:Danielsikar|dsikar]]
* <s>£30 [[User:nigle|nigle]]</s> -- PAID
* £10 [[user:kevinb456|kevin]]
* <s>£20 [[User:tomwj|tomwj]]</s> -- PAID reference "KNITTING" --[[User:Tomwj|Tomwj]] 14:00, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
* £10 [[user:Artag|Artag]]
* <s>£40 [[User:MattP|mattp]]</s> -- PAID (reference PLEDGE)
* £20 [[user:timrich|timrich]]
* <s>£10 --[[User:Danielsikar|dsikar]]</s> -- PAID
* <s>£10 [[user:cholten99|Dave Durant]]</s> (no ref. on transfer)
* <s>£10 [[User:JasperWallace|jasper]]</s> -- PAID ("KNITTING")
* £10 [[user:gausie|gausie]]
* <s>£20 [[user:timrich|timrich]]</s> PAID but fluffed up the reference, its blank.
* £30 [[user:deathzerozero|zoe]]
* <s>£10 [[user:gausie|gausie]]</s> PAID by solexious to close pledge


Paid : '''£20'''
Running total:'''£250'''


Running Total:'''£250'''
Approximate target:'''£250'''


Approximate target:'''£250'''
Paid : '''£250'''


Left over cash (if any) will be used for maintenance/repairs.
Left over cash (if any) will be used for maintenance/repairs.
[[Category:Pledges/Completed]]
[[Category:Pledges]]

Latest revision as of 11:33, 4 June 2013

The item

We have a Brother KH-950 Knitting machine!

It can be hacked to knit over usb and to work automatically. This means you can 'print' pixel art in wool form!

Story so far

  • Knitter won on a well-know auction site
  • Got a very strange look from the seller when I collected it "Is it...for you??!"
  • Briefly set up in Derby and ran for two minutes before the smoke escaped
  • Fault identified as a failed capacitor in the PSU. Spare cap will be collected from a well-known high street electronics company on Tuesday 5th July
  • Should be delivered to the Space on Sunday 10th July
  • New caps have been fitted and the machine powers up without smoke

Please could all pledges now be settled by transfer to the HackSpace account, with the unique reference "KNITTING".

Pledges

  • £10 Ciarán -- PAID
  • £40 Solexious -- PAID
  • £10 Dave Durant -- PAID reference ""
  • £30 zoe -- PAID reference "knitting machine from zpl"
  • £10 kevin -- PAID reference "FFED910200922B9FC7"
  • £10 Artag -- PAID reference "FFED910200922B9FC7" (sorry, saw the change too late)
  • £30 nigle -- PAID
  • £20 tomwj -- PAID reference "KNITTING" --Tomwj 14:00, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
  • £40 mattp -- PAID (reference PLEDGE)
  • £10 --dsikar -- PAID
  • £10 jasper -- PAID ("KNITTING")
  • £20 timrich PAID but fluffed up the reference, its blank.
  • £10 gausie PAID by solexious to close pledge

Running total:£250

Approximate target:£250

Paid : £250

Left over cash (if any) will be used for maintenance/repairs.