Pegasus Research Consortium

This has to be one of the coolest innovations I've seen for a long time in regards to inspiring a community, and people helping each other when it comes to building stuff for those of us who don't have a million dollar Garage/Shed full of equipment  ;D

I will post the site and relevant material first before I comment too much as this excites me and being an Aussie I am so bloody green with envy I don't have this Workshop in my City.   :'( ;D

The Tech Shop Website

http://www.techshop.ws/

QuoteThe goal of TechShop is to provide members with every conceivable tool and machine that they would need to build, hack, fix or create just about any kind of project.

Here is a list of the core tools and equipment are available to you as a TechShop member:

Abrasives

Disk sander, large, pedestal mounted
Sand blasting cabinet
Wire wheel, bench mounted
Vibratory polisher


Arts and Crafts

Vinyl cutter, computer controlled
Glass cutters, stained glass
Soldering irons, stained glass


Automotive

Floor jack and jack stands
Motorcycle lift
Transmission jack
Engine hoist
Battery charger
Pneumatic tools


Electronics

Multimeter
Oscilloscope
Soldering station
Power supply, DC
Signal generator
Frequency counter
Variable transformer, variac


Fabrication

Cold saw
Drill press
Horizontal band saw
Vertical band saw
Tubing bender
Angle inron bender/notcher


Fabrics and Sewing

Sewing machine, industrial
Sewing machine, standard
Overlock machine, serger
Embroidery machine, computer controlled


Assorted hand and power tools


Instruction

Camera, digital SLR
Projector


Layout

Granite surface plate
Height gauges, digital


Machining

Lathe, large metal, with digital readout and tooling
Milling machine, large, with digital readout and tooling
Milling machine, 4-xxis, CNC (Tormach)


Measurement

Calipers, digital and dial
Micrometer, digital


Plastics

Vacuum forming station, 24" x 24"
Heat strip bender
Injection molder (Morgan)
Router table


Prototyping

3D printer, ABS
Laser cutter, epilog (Helix 60 Watt)
3D scanner (NextEngine)


Sheet Metal

Box and pan brake
English wheel
Planishing hammer, air powered
Rotary turret punch
Sheet metal shear, power, 48" wide
Slip roll, power, 48" wide
Throatless shear, bench mounted

Corner notcher


Surface and Finishing

Powder coating station and oven
Spray painting area, ventilation hood


Welding

Plasma cutter, CNC, 4' x 8' (Torchmate)
Welder, TIG
Welder, MIG
Welder, spot
Plasma cutter, hand held


Wood Working

Wood router, CNC (ShopBot)
Table saw (SawStop)
Compound miter saw, sliding
Table router
Band saw
Belt/disc sander, free standing
Lathe, 24", 3HP
Scroll saw
Drill press, free standing

NOTE: Equipment may vary between TechShop locations. Additional equipment not on this list may be available at some locations, and some equipment on this list may not be available at all locations. See your local TechShop location for a complete list of equipment.

Videos

TechShop Commercial #001 on Comcast (HD, Nov 2010)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al51vWkoy-k


TechShop Quick Intro Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IoJeLuE7oc


Tour of TechShop in Menlo Park, California

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z0hLSMdJ4E


Ingunitiy created in TechShop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_NHouEb_Ns

There are more video's, but for now seeing i should be in bed that will do for people who have not heard of Techshop before.  I read about this tonight on a blog and got a wee bit excited to say the least and felt the urge to spread the word ;)

Its like a Joining Gym  ;D

Enjoy and be inspired (reckon we could build a flying saucer in there too ) :P

One last video before I snooze  ;D

TechShop Opens in San Francisco

NBC Bay Area news story on the opening of Techshop in San Francisco, which is a membership-based public workshop that's helping innovators realize their dreams.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2M9h1cPNBo

Nice.  Very nice.  I would use Them - if I had money.  LOL!

Hey Am I love your humour in the face of adversity LOL ;)

I have a couple of things I would love to build right now, yet we don't have the machine's I need at work to do so and Techshop does.

Presently I need to get some stuff Laser Cut and the last place I called were asking for a 100 Buck set-up fee which is a bit out of my budget.  If Techshop were in Oz I could join for a month, learn a lot of new skills and make the stuff I need plus more  8)

It's really such a damn great idea and I applaud the owner for starting this off and I hope the idea spreads like butter on a nice hot roll out of the oven :D

I literally told anyone at work about this today that I came upon and when they looked it up they said they hadn't heard of it but were just as excited as me when showed the webpage  ;D


Seeing A51's thread about Micro-fish today and Library's today made think how we damn well should have this kind of service provided as a library style service as an add on to one track minded course's in college's.  Won't happen ofc but heck it's inspiring to think of what could be and 24hrs on after this discovery I'm just as excited :D

Someone is even building a Lunar Lander at TechShop and it looks a lot less wonky than Apollo  :o ;D ;D ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgV-iyNi56E

Am you don't have money and I live in Oz which is on another planet Grrr LOL

Heh, yeah, but all will be arranged as it should be in the end.  I am sure.  (Kinda like the idea of living in in Oz...)

Maybe You can contact the company and make arrangements for them to spread over there...

I will be emailing them as someone pointed out to me that they are looking to expand. 

(And my luck in Lotto aint that good as I found out on tuesday so I won't be starting a copycat service here in Oz thats for sure LOL)

Where interest is shown the light may shine huh ? ;)

One thing I have learned about Pegasus is that a lot of members here Do write and Try.  Its inspiring to say the least  8)

Great great idea! I wish them well and growing success.


For a moment there I was thinking of one along the same lines for amateur chemists, but then thought better of it.   ;D  ;)

Ahh A51 that idea came to me also last night and it reminded me of that chemistry kit I had as a kid and it made me think.. Techshop can do it.

Then the realisation kicked in that the FBI are too busy telling us exact locations where terror cells are located at yet don't stop it, but they will make sure we have law's that effect distant lands that prevent a known cell location from shopping for baking soda if need be LOL

We can still play with coke and mento's it seems for now  ;D