[Vanhackspace] Who thinks we should buy a Laser Cutter?

[Dave Kauffman]

this is a general problem when we have collective ownership - is there a
hackspace pattern for it?
there are a few models:  - an individual or group puts upfront $ to
purchase, members rent it by the hour until the loan is paid back
  - we raise the membership fee by a small amount (5-10$/mo.?) that provides
member access, everyone can use it
  - to offer a service we need "someone" who will check daily/weekly the
orders, make them, pack them and ship them. Profits shared with hackspace
for eq/space rental
  - there might be a difference between people using it for single hack
projects, vs. custom or multiple runs and making money from it. the
hackspace and membership should share in a profitable use of shared
equipment. a per/hour use fee for external/commercial projects and/or a
royalty of 1% of gross sales?

2009/3/4 glenn donnelly <manyworldsproductions at yahoo.co.uk>

> faceplate etching for custom electronic consoles etc would be another
> application which i would be willing to pay for :)
>
> --- On *Wed, 4/3/09, David Carne <davidcarne at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: David Carne <davidcarne at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Vanhackspace] Who thinks we should buy a Laser Cutter?
> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> Date: Wednesday, 4 March, 2009, 7:51 PM
>
> Hi All!
>
> We're trying to figure out ways to increase our monthly revenues, so we can
> rent some space!
>
> The idea for a laser cutter came up. Laser cutters are cool; mainly because
> of the word Laser, but we think it could provide steady revenues.
>
> First - we could offer the standard "put some pretty picture on your
> ${THING}" service to the general community. Lots of people would probably
> pay a lot of money to have some of that etching done. A quick google doesn't
> find anywhere that looks like it would do a quick one off in the vancouver
> area.
>
> Second - we could do simple laser cutting of acrylic / ${MATERIAL}, driven
> by an online ordering system. There are lots of places that do this, but
> they're all south of the border.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
> --David Carne
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