Comments on: Idea #7: Fab Labs

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By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:33:46 +0000

How does an entire FabLab only cost $20k when the very first item on the MIT inventory list is a $16-20k laser cutter? Followed by a $20k shopbot and then a $5k mill, etc. etc. You could maybe make some headway if you used some low-cost open source options like the Makerbot (< $1k), but for example on the MIT website they only reference high dollar industrial 3D printers ($15k).

http://fab.cba.mit.edu/content/tools/

(They do link to their Fabaroni DIY 3D printer project, but the site is incomplete and lacks full documentation)

This is still a cool idea, but you should keep the expectations realistic on what you can purchase with $20k.

By: Dunchead

Dunchead — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:10:16 +0000

Hola Javier, thanks for your enthusiasm! If you can help spread the word and get people to sign up to this pledge – http://www.pledgebank.com/Fab-Lab – maybe the crowdfunding will help bring a FabLab to your town!

By: Javier

Javier — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:40:20 +0000

Thanx for posting this! I hope more people would be aware os such opportunities… I’m trying to set a new Fablab in my home city, a small unimportant dry city in Northern Mexico… Its so funny to see how the government can spend millions in silly things while only 20,000USD can make so many people happy…
I hope one day I can give you the good news when I finally get the necessary funding
So.. Mr Duncan, you seem an interesting human being hehe lets be in touch, u got my email.

By: josh

josh — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:52:25 +0000

Or $20,000 worth of equipment to make more equipment for farming and making medical equipment.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:09:49 +0000

That 8 year old ghanaian will feed herself and her family for weeks with that circuit board, what a fantastic idea!

$20,000 worth of food or life saving drugs OR a multi-coloured van with a laptop and a power drill.