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==The item==
==The item==
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' pixle art in wool form!
We have a [[Equipment/Brother KH-950|Brother KH-950 Knitting machine]]!


The auction is here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brother-KH-950-electronit-plus-ribber-KH-850-/270683297386?pt=UK_Crafts_Knitting_Crochet_EH&hash=item3f05fb566a
It can be hacked to knit over usb and to work automatically. This means you can 'print' pixel art in wool form!


The item is pickup only from Birmingham, please note on your pledge if your able to collect it.
==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==
==Pledges==
* £40 [[User:Solexious|Solexious]]
* <s>£10 [[user:ciaran.mooney|Ciarán]]</s> -- PAID
* £40 [[User:MattP|mattp]]
* <s>£40 [[User:Solexious|Solexious]] </s> -- PAID
* £30 + fuel cost. I can go and collect it any time between now and new year. [[User:nigle|nigle]]
* <s>£10 [[user:cholten99|Dave Durant]]</s> -- PAID reference ""
* £20 [[User:tomwj|tomwj]]
* <s>£30 [[user:deathzerozero|zoe]]</s> -- PAID reference "knitting machine from zpl"
* £10 [[User:JasperWallace|jasper]]
* <s>£10 [[user:kevinb456|kevin]]</s> -- PAID reference "FFED910200922B9FC7"
* £10 [[User:Danielsikar|dsikar]]
* <s>£10 [[user:Artag|Artag]]</s> -- PAID reference "FFED910200922B9FC7"  (sorry, saw the change too late)
* £10 [[user:CIARAN.MOONEY|Ciarán]]
* <s>£30 [[User:nigle|nigle]]</s> -- PAID
* <s>£20 [[User:tomwj|tomwj]]</s> -- PAID reference "KNITTING" --[[User:Tomwj|Tomwj]] 14:00, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
* <s>£40 [[User:MattP|mattp]]</s> -- PAID (reference PLEDGE)
* <s>£10 --[[User:Danielsikar|dsikar]]</s> -- PAID
* <s>£10 [[User:JasperWallace|jasper]]</s> -- PAID ("KNITTING")
* <s>£20 [[user:timrich|timrich]]</s> PAID but fluffed up the reference, its blank.
* <s>£10 [[user:gausie|gausie]]</s> PAID by solexious to close pledge
 
Running total:'''£250'''
 
Approximate target:'''£250'''


Running Total:'''£160'''
Paid : '''£250'''


Approximate target:'''£200'''
Left over cash (if any) will be used for maintenance/repairs.


But this is an auction, so we may not get it quite this cheap - I think it is worth far more to us, so keep pledging so that it doesn't slip from our grasp! [[User:nigle|nigle]]
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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.