[Vanhackspace] Woodworking co-op exists - looking for members

[Victoria Gibson]

 Woodworking co-op exists
If interested, please contact Morley directly:

>> Here is an economical option for serious woodworkers. We are a six  
>> member woodworking cooperative which has an opening in our pro level  
>> shop. Tools include: 12 inch table saw with large outfeed table, HD  
>> planer, jointer, double drum sander, drill press, vacuum system,  
>> spray booth and more! Share large power tools in common area while  
>> having a private bench and work space of your own. Space is insured  
>> and alarmed in clean, upgraded building. Membership requires share  
>> purchase and monthly rent. Mergatroid is at 975 Veronon Drive and is  
>> in Eastside Culture Crawl catchment area.  www.mergatroid.ca
>>
>> To view, e-mail Morley at merg at telus.net
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> 1. Re: Oxy/Acetylene Rig. (John Craver)
> 2. Re: Oxy/Acetylene Rig. (Derek Anderson)
> 3. Wood Shop (Jason Woodall)
> 4. Re: Wood Shop (Jeff Davis)
> 5. Re: Wood Shop (Jason Woodall)
> 6. Re: Wood Shop (Luke Closs)
> 7. Re: Wood Shop (Luke Closs)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:35:27 -0700
> From: John Craver <jcraver at shaw.ca>
> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] Oxy/Acetylene Rig.
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> It has both.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: kevin griffin <kevin at cavewallarts.com>
> Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:54 am
> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] Oxy/Acetylene Rig.
> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
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> > 
> > > Hey, I just picked up a small oxy-acetylene (think 40cf oxy 
> > and a B 
> > > size acetylene tank) welding/cutting rig from 
> > craigslist.? It's in 
> > > almost new condition, and I got a screaming deal on it (the 
> > guy bought 
> > > it and then realized that it's overkill for his 
> > purposes).? Is this an 
> > > item we want at the hackspace, or is it considered too sketchy?
> > 
> > Does it have a welding tip and or a cutting extension?
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> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:46:02 -0700
> From: Derek Anderson <derek at enomaly.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] Oxy/Acetylene Rig.
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> Acetylene torch + wooden floors == "Whodathunkit?"
> 
> Usage out in the alley would probably be OK though...
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> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:35 PM, John Craver <jcraver at shaw.ca> wrote:
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> > It has both.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: kevin griffin <kevin at cavewallarts.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:54 am
> > Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] Oxy/Acetylene Rig.
> > To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> >
> > >
> > > > Hey, I just picked up a small oxy-acetylene (think 40cf oxy
> > > and a B
> > > > size acetylene tank) welding/cutting rig from
> > > craigslist. It's in
> > > > almost new condition, and I got a screaming deal on it (the
> > > guy bought
> > > > it and then realized that it's overkill for his
> > > purposes). Is this an
> > > > item we want at the hackspace, or is it considered too sketchy?
> > >
> > > Does it have a welding tip and or a cutting extension?
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> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:46:14 -0700
> From: Jason Woodall <jason.woodall at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Vanhackspace] Wood Shop
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> Hey I'm new to this list, and have yet to get out to VHS, but just 
> wanted to say Hi, and hope I can get out sometime soon.
> 
> After reading your site, and listening to some of the discussion, I was 
> wondering if anyone might know of a location where you can rent time in 
> a woodworking shop, or rent space cheaply to do this, or if VHS might 
> consider (if you are looking for a space) adding a second separate area 
> at VHS for woodworking DIY projects. I used to live in Toronto and you 
> could rent storage units with Hydro hookups that were perfect for this 
> sort of thing (or small scale mill shops), but have been looking for 
> years here in Vancouver and the lower mainland, and haven't found anything.
> 
> Anyone know of anything similar, in the area?
> 
> Or would anyone also be interested in this type of thing?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:58:47 -0700
> From: Jeff Davis <jeff at textsfornothing.com>
> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] Wood Shop
> Message-ID: <4C212407.3070303 at textsfornothing.com>
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> 
> Hi Jason,
> 
> Folks at VHS are definitely very interested in getting shop tools into
> the space. I imagine it's going to have to wait until we move to a
> bigger space, which won't be until after our current lease is up. But
> it is absolutely something we want to see happen.
> 
> We're also waiting to see what happens with the Vancouver Community Lab
> folks, who are trying to start up something more oriented towards wood-
> and metal-working:
> 
> http://www.vancommunitylab.com/
> 
> They don't have a space or tools yet, but they are working on it. You
> might want to check them out too.
> 
> Welcome to the list!
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> Jason Woodall wrote:
> > Hey I'm new to this list, and have yet to get out to VHS, but just
> > wanted to say Hi, and hope I can get out sometime soon.
> > 
> > After reading your site, and listening to some of the discussion, I was
> > wondering if anyone might know of a location where you can rent time in
> > a woodworking shop, or rent space cheaply to do this, or if VHS might
> > consider (if you are looking for a space) adding a second separate area
> > at VHS for woodworking DIY projects. I used to live in Toronto and you
> > could rent storage units with Hydro hookups that were perfect for this
> > sort of thing (or small scale mill shops), but have been looking for
> > years here in Vancouver and the lower mainland, and haven't found anything.
> > 
> > Anyone know of anything similar, in the area?
> > 
> > Or would anyone also be interested in this type of thing?
> > 
> > Cheers
> > _______________________________________________
> > Vanhackspace mailing list
> > Vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> > http://lists.uselessdegree.net/listinfo.cgi/vanhackspace-uselessdegree.net
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:07:24 -0700
> From: Jason Woodall <jason.woodall at gmail.com>
> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] Wood Shop
> Message-ID: <4C21260C.7010701 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> Awesome thanks for the heads up, I have to say after reading the site, 
> and noticing that you have your eyes open for a new location, I have 
> been scanning my neighbourhood (Dundas/Victoria) for any appropriate 
> locations.
> 
> I would love to buy some wood working tools to replenish all the ones I 
> have left behind, but really have nowhere to store or use them, so 
> haven't bothered.
> 
> A shared community space like this is something I've been trying to find 
> for ages. Hope to get out soon.
> 
> Was very intrigued by the robot contest. I still have a rubermaid bin 
> full of all my robotics shite from my thesis work on autonomous mobile 
> robotics.
> 
> Would people be interested in any bits and pieces if I brought this down 
> to the site?
> 
> ie chips, gates, diodes, capacitors, switches, relays, etc. Some batteries.
> 
> I haven't had any time to use this stuff in years, and would rather 
> someone made use of it.
> 
> On 6/22/2010 1:58 PM, Jeff Davis wrote:
> > Hi Jason,
> >
> > Folks at VHS are definitely very interested in getting shop tools into
> > the space. I imagine it's going to have to wait until we move to a
> > bigger space, which won't be until after our current lease is up. But
> > it is absolutely something we want to see happen.
> >
> > We're also waiting to see what happens with the Vancouver Community Lab
> > folks, who are trying to start up something more oriented towards wood-
> > and metal-working:
> >
> > http://www.vancommunitylab.com/
> >
> > They don't have a space or tools yet, but they are working on it. You
> > might want to check them out too.
> >
> > Welcome to the list!
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > Jason Woodall wrote:
> >> Hey I'm new to this list, and have yet to get out to VHS, but just
> >> wanted to say Hi, and hope I can get out sometime soon.
> >>
> >> After reading your site, and listening to some of the discussion, I was
> >> wondering if anyone might know of a location where you can rent time in
> >> a woodworking shop, or rent space cheaply to do this, or if VHS might
> >> consider (if you are looking for a space) adding a second separate area
> >> at VHS for woodworking DIY projects. I used to live in Toronto and you
> >> could rent storage units with Hydro hookups that were perfect for this
> >> sort of thing (or small scale mill shops), but have been looking for
> >> years here in Vancouver and the lower mainland, and haven't found anything.
> >>
> >> Anyone know of anything similar, in the area?
> >>
> >> Or would anyone also be interested in this type of thing?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Vanhackspace mailing list
> >> Vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> >> http://lists.uselessdegree.net/listinfo.cgi/vanhackspace-uselessdegree.net
> > _______________________________________________
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> 
> -- 
> Jason Woodall
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> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:31:24 -0700
> From: Luke Closs <lukecloss at gmail.com>
> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] Wood Shop
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Jeff Davis <jeff at textsfornothing.com> wrote:
> > I imagine it's going to have to wait until we move to a
> > bigger space, which won't be until after our current lease is up.
> 
> IMHO we should not let our lease prevent us from looking for our next
> place. This is a very flexible sublet lease with our landlord Michael,
> and I do not see any major problems if we wish to break the lease
> early and give him a month or two of notice. Now that that space is
> built, he could find other tenants for it. This was part of the
> discussion I had with him before we took the space.
> 
> Luke
> 
> 
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> 
> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:32:37 -0700
> From: Luke Closs <lukecloss at gmail.com>
> To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> Subject: Re: [Vanhackspace] Wood Shop
> Message-ID:
> <AANLkTinX4g_LGhDFYjMmFd6LL-ULIlduWk-moU1M7Mts at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> If it is useful supplies and parts, we would welcome the donation.
> We're getting pretty full at our current space, so please try to keep
> the usefulness/size ratio high. :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Luke
> 
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Jason Woodall <jason.woodall at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Awesome thanks for the heads up, I have to say after reading the site, and
> > noticing that you have your eyes open for a new location, I have been
> > scanning my neighbourhood (Dundas/Victoria) for any appropriate locations.
> >
> > I would love to buy some wood working tools to replenish all the ones I have
> > left behind, but really have nowhere to store or use them, so haven't
> > bothered.
> >
> > A shared community space like this is something I've been trying to find for
> > ages. ?Hope to get out soon.
> >
> > Was very intrigued by the robot contest. ?I still have a rubermaid bin full
> > of all my robotics shite from my thesis work on autonomous mobile robotics.
> >
> > Would people be interested in any bits and pieces if I brought this down to
> > the site?
> >
> > ie chips, gates, diodes, capacitors, switches, relays, etc. ?Some batteries.
> >
> > I haven't had any time to use this stuff in years, and would rather someone
> > made use of it.
> >
> > On 6/22/2010 1:58 PM, Jeff Davis wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Jason,
> >>
> >> Folks at VHS are definitely very interested in getting shop tools into
> >> the space. ?I imagine it's going to have to wait until we move to a
> >> bigger space, which won't be until after our current lease is up. ?But
> >> it is absolutely something we want to see happen.
> >>
> >> We're also waiting to see what happens with the Vancouver Community Lab
> >> folks, who are trying to start up something more oriented towards wood-
> >> and metal-working:
> >>
> >> ? http://www.vancommunitylab.com/
> >>
> >> They don't have a space or tools yet, but they are working on it. ?You
> >> might want to check them out too.
> >>
> >> Welcome to the list!
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >>
> >> Jason Woodall wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hey I'm new to this list, and have yet to get out to VHS, but just
> >>> wanted to say Hi, and hope I can get out sometime soon.
> >>>
> >>> After reading your site, and listening to some of the discussion, I was
> >>> wondering if anyone might know of a location where you can rent time in
> >>> a woodworking shop, or rent space cheaply to do this, or if VHS might
> >>> consider (if you are looking for a space) adding a second separate area
> >>> at VHS for woodworking DIY projects. ?I used to live in Toronto and you
> >>> could rent storage units with Hydro hookups that were perfect for this
> >>> sort of thing (or small scale mill shops), but have been looking for
> >>> years here in Vancouver and the lower mainland, and haven't found
> >>> anything.
> >>>
> >>> Anyone know of anything similar, in the area?
> >>>
> >>> Or would anyone also be interested in this type of thing?
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Vanhackspace mailing list
> >>> Vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
> >>>
> >>> http://lists.uselessdegree.net/listinfo.cgi/vanhackspace-uselessdegree.net
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >
> > --
> > Jason Woodall
> > Software Developer (SIS Bridges)
> > Discovery Software Ltd.
> > Toll Free- 1-888-569-7711 x 2229
> > Hours: M-F 0700-1500 PST
> >
> > Ask me about Rubrix: Mobile, easy and data-rich evaluations for schools.
> > _______________________________________________
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