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- lab:
  name: techshop
  logo: http://techshop.ws/_templates/images/techshop_logo.png
  link: http://techshop.ws/tools_and_equipment.html
  inventory:
    bulk shape creation:
    - FDM goo squirter (Dimension SST)
    
    joining:
    - Soldering Iron
    - Sewing Machine, Industrial qty ??
    - sewing machine CNC
    - Plastic Seam Welder, Floor Mounted
    - Plastic Welding Setup, Handheld
    - Welder, MIG
    - Welder, Oxygen Acetylene
    - Welder, Spot
    - Welder, Stick Arc
    - Welder, TIG
    parting:  
    - CNC Vinyl Cutter
    - Chop Saw
    - Horizontal Band Saw
    - Vertical Band Saw
    - Laser Cutter, Epilog 45W
    - laser cutter, epilog 25W
    - Throatless Shear, Bench Mounted
    - Sheet Metal Shear, Power, 48in Wide
    - Plasma Cutter, CNC, 4ft x 8ft
    - scroll saw
    - radial arm saw
    
    
    deformation:
    - Vacuum Forming Station, 24in x 24in 
    - Box and Pan Brake
    - English Wheel
    - Planishing Hammer, Air-Powered
    - Press Brake, 15-Ton Power
    - Slip Roll, Power, 48in Widel
    - shrinker stretcher
    
    removal:
    - Disk Sander, Large, Pedestal Mounted
    - Grinders, Pedestal Mounted
    - Drill Press
    - Lathe, Large Metal, with Tooling qty 5
    - Milling Machine, Large, with Digital Readout and Tooling qty 5
    - Milling Machine, Desktop, CNC qty 2?
    - Rotary Turret Punch
    
    
    surface:
    - Sand Blasting Cabinet qty 3
    - Paint Booth, Table-Top (10ft W x 5ft T x 2ft D)
    - Powder Coating Station and Oven
    - anodizing setup
    safety:
    
    materials:
    - '"bin wall" of parts and materials?'
    
    components:
    - '"bin wall" of parts and materials?'
    
    hand tools:
    - Open and Box End Wrenches, Inch and Metric
    - Socket Wrenches, Inch and Metric, and Ratchets
    - probably every power tool, ever
    measuring:
    - Multimeter
    - Oscilloscope
    - Granite Surface Plate
    - Height Gauges, Digital
    - Calipers, Digital
    - Micrometer, Digital
    
    
    fixtures:
    - Floor Jack and Jack Stands
    - Motorcycle Lift
    - Transmission Jack
    information:
    - Video Camcorder, Digital, 3 CCD
    - brainstorming lounge
    - wifi high speed internet
    - computers
    
    storage:
    - lockers?
    - refrigerator
    
    power distribution:
    - compressed air at every table
    - 115V outlets at every table
    - coffee fresh-brewed

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- lab:
  name: fablab
  logo: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/logos/th_gcsh.rgb.600.jpg
  link: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/fab/inv.html
  
  inventory:
    bulk shape creation:
    - oven Convection Toaster Oven/Broiler
    - silicone PDMS in Sylgard 184in 5.5lbs
    - mold compound in rub-r-moldin 5quarts
    - resin low viscosity 2quarts
    - resin hardener 2pints
    - cloth fiberglass 38in x90 (yd? in?)
    - silica colloidal 0.5gal
    - filler phenolic micro-balloon 0.5gal
    - filler wood flour 0.5gal
    - filler cell-o-fill 0.5gal
    - filler milled fibers 0.5gal
    - filler graphite powder 12oz
    - filler aluminum powder? 1lb
    - resin coloring blue red 0.3lb qty 2 each
    - plaster hydrostone 10gal
    - plaster drystone 10gal
    - urethane rubber for molding 20lbs
    - instamold 7.5lbs
    - flexwax 12.5lbs
    
    joining:
    - solder station analog 50W
    - welder MIG 90A@19VDC gas-capable
    - laminator variable temperature 
    
    parting:
    - CNC plasma cutter
    - CNC vinyl cutter 2in - 27.5in 20in/s 0.3-2.5 newton
    - laser cutter Mini 24in x 12in 35W 
    - scroll saw 20in Variable Speed 
    
    deformation:
  
    removal:
    - CNC milling machine 8in (X)x6in (Y)x2-3/8in (Z) 6500 rpm
    - cnc router (96x48x8in) 4HP spindle (shopbot)
    - dremel tool 35000rpm and accessories
    - router 1.75HP 23000rpm
    - grinder bench 6in 1/3HP
    - pencil sharpener
    
    surface:
    
    safety:
    - mask dust qty 30
    - mask welding qty 3
    - gloves welding pair medium large qty 3 each
    - earmuff qty 3
    - apron qty 3
    - ear-plugs
    - solder fume absorber
    - dust collector
    - gloves nitrile qty 200
    
    power distribution:
    - transformer wall-wart 9V 1.5A, 24V 1.15A qty 10 each
    - power supply UPS
    - surge protector 7-outlets 12ft cord qty 5
    - cord extension 10ft
    - pneumatic coupler qty 3
    - hose rubber compressed-air 1/4in 25ft
    
    materials:
    - wax machinable 4.3l
    - heatshrink tubing 1/16-1/2 by 1/8s x4ft black qty 5
    - cardboard havy duty 12000in^2
    - acrylic 1/8in 1440in^2
    - swab cotton qty 1000
    - wire magnet 30AWG 3000ft
    - vinyl tan garolite 1/32in 1440in^2
    - rubber mat 3/32in 1728in^2
    - film adhesive transfer 6in x180ft
    - tape masking 6in x180ft
    - film epoxy 6in x300ft
    - tape copper 6in x300ft  
    - vinyl yel red blue grn  
    - PCB stock FR1 .062 1/0 40in x48in machinable
    
    consumables:
    - printer inkjet cartridges black color qty 3 each
    - pencil lead 0.7mm qty 180
    - pencil eraser qty 15
    - tape label 1/4in -3/4in qty 3 each
    - solder 0.020in 4lb
    - solder braid 0.050in 100ft
    - soldering tips flat/0.015in qty 5
    - stirrer 6in qty 500
    - dish weighing aluminum qty 1000
    - foil aluminum 0.001in x1in x500ft
    - zipties 6in reusable qty 500
    - zipties 15in reusable qty 125
    - glue stick 1/2in x4in 2lbs
    - tape double sided 1/2in x1000ft
    - cups polypropylene qty 250
    - cups plastic 5oz qty 500
    - cups plastic 10oz qty 250
    - cups plastic 16oz qty 250
    - wipes 9in x10.5in qty 1250
    - tape scotch qty 20
    - tape packaging qty 1.89in x 900ft
    - battery 9V alkaline qty 48
    - cd-rw qty 25
    - paper 2reams
    - marker sharpie black qty 12
    - laminator pouch small large qty 100 each
    - wire welding 0.030in flux-core 4lbs
    - tooling: #wtf is wrong with yaml, 2 spaces is not good enough?
      - saw blades for scroll saw
      - endmills carbide 0.01in -0.125in by 1/8in s qty 10 each
      - endmills carbide 0.015in -0.125in by 1/8in s ballnose qty 10 each
      - endmills carbide 1/8in 1/4in 1/2in by 1/2in 7/8in 1 1/8in by square ball qty 2 each
      - blades vinyl-cutter 45 degree qty 25
      - grinding wheel dresser
      - brush wire wheel 6in x 3/4in 
      - router bits HSS set of 6
      - endmill HSS 3/16in qty 3
    
    hand tools:
    - Heat Gun 750-800F
    - glue gun
    - screwdriver precision 6pc set qty 2
    - tweezers curved tip qty 20
    - wire stripper 30-20AWG qty 5
    - plier diagonal cutting qty 5
    - plier long nose qty 5
    - hex key set
    - wrench set 1/4in -7/8in 
    - pliers locking 5in 6.5in 10in qty 1 each
    - clamp bar 12in qty 6
    - hammer welding
    - screwdriver ratcheting philips slot torx sq pozi qty 5
    - screwdriver hex ball-end set 0.05in -3/8in 
    - file set of 5
    - file needle set qty 3
    - knife utility breakaway qty 10
    - scissors 8in qty 5
    - broom qty 3
    - dustpan qty 3
    - vacuum 9.6-Volt Cyclonic DustBuster 
    
    measuring:
    - Function Generator, 10 MHz DDS with Counter
    - Digital Storage Oscilloscope, 150 MHz, Color
    - magnifier loupe 10X 1in qty 10
    - test clip smd qty 5
    - multimeter w/freq+capacitance qty 3
    - ruler 6in decimal inch qty 10
    - scale digital 2000g max 0.1g resolution
    - caliper dial 6in max 0.001in graduations
    - measuring tape 50ft qty 6
    - cable BNC minihook, microhook qty 10 each
    - plug banana/bnc qty 10
    - adapter tee BNC-mm/ff qty 10
    - adapter usb serial qty 10
    - ruler 12in stainless qty 10
    - Power Supply, Triple Output, DC, Digital, 30V, 3A
    - Magnifier Light, IFM,5 DIOPTER, 45in ARM, CLAMP-ON
    
    fixtures:
    - vise panavise jr qty 4
    - vise positioner "third hand" qty 5
    - clamps for shopbot
    - collets ER25 by 1/8in s
    - dispenser for packaging tape
    - dispenser for scotch tape
    
    information:
    - TV/Monitor 10.2-Inch Widescreen LCD Color (videoconferencing)
    - ethernet switch 8port qty 2
    - router wireless
    - ethernet cable 3ft 5ft 7ft 10ft 25ft qty 5 each
    - printer scanner inkjet 
    - printer inkjet
    - video conference device
    - video projector
    - books electronics and programming
    - computer 2.3GHz 2GB RAM qty 5
    - paper notebook qty 10
    - pen ballpoint blue qty 120
    - pencil mechanical 0.7mm qty 60
    - paper pads 5in x8in qty 36
    - printer label maker
    
    storage:
    - bags antistatic 3x5-8x10 qty 100
    - bins cardboard 2,3,4,6,8in W 12in D 4in H qty 20 each
    - bins plastic small 2in qty 64
    - bins plastic large 4in qty 24
    
    components:
    - (1206 SOD-123 SSOT SOT23 unless stated otherwise)
    - resistors 1/4W 0-10Mohm by 5s, 10s qty 1000 each 
    - capacitor 1pF-0.1uF by 10s 50v qty 500 each
    - capacitor 1uF 50V qty 250
    - capacitor 3.3uF 16V qty 1000
    - capacitor 10uF 35V qty 100
    - capacitor radial 10F 2.7V qty 10  
    - choke coil 1-1000uH by 10s qty 25 each  
    - diode schottky 100V qty 500
    - diode zener 3.3V qty 500
    - diode zener 4.7V qty 500
    - mosfet n-ch 30V 1.7A qty 250
    - mosfet p-ch 30V 1.1A qty 250
    - mosfet n-ch 30V 12.5A qty 50
    - h-bridge 30V 2.3A qty 50 (sm8 package)
    - regulators LDO 3.3-5V 100mA qty 250 each
    - regulator LDO 5V 1A qty 100
    - LED red green qty 250 each
    - LED white rgb IR IR/flat qty 100 each
    - phototransistor black opaque clear qty 100 each
    - LCD module 16x2 characters qty 25
    - speaker 16x35mm 8ohm 0.5W qty 25
    - microphone condenser -40dB qty 50
    - thermistor 10kohm qty 25
    - opamp qty 100
    - microcontoller attiny45V 4kB 10MHz 8pins qty 200
    - microcontroller attiny44 4kB 20MHz 14pins qty 100
    - microcontroller atmega88 8kB 20MHz 32pins qty 50
    - resonator ceramic 20.00MHz qty 100
    - switch slidng 12V 100mA qty 50
    - switch tactile qty 100
    - magnets 0.25in and 0.5in dia by 0.125in thick qty 100 each
    - header and socket 64pin qty 10 each
    - jack power 2.1mm, 2.35mm, 2.75mm qty 100 each
    - jack phono qty 10
    - plug stereo 2.5mm qty 100
    - plug stereo 2.5mm qty 100 w/cover?
    - plug rca qty 50
    - connector db9 and db25 shell qty 25 each
    - cable ribbon 9conductor 300 ft  
    - battery snap 9v-style qty 100
    - battery holder 9v-style qty 50
    - battery holder AAA/N qty 100
    - connector ribbon cable 2,3,4,5 by rec/vert/RA qty 100 each
    - transducer ultrasonic 40kHz 112dB qty 10
    - motor step 7-16V by 4s 3.6-15deg qty 10 each
    - motor dc 6-24V by 6s 1.4A qty 10 each
    - motor dc 12v 110rpm gearhead qty 10

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- lab:
  name: emachineshop
  link: http://emachineshop.com/
  logo: http://www.emachineshop.com/machine-shop/templates/emscss/images/site/block_logo.gif
  comments: "fenn's best guesses about emachineshop's equipment inventory"
  inventory:
    bulk shape creation:
    - die caster
    - investment caster
    - plastic extruder
    - compression molder
    - injection molder
    - FDM goo squirter (reprap equivalent)
    
    joining:
    - mig welder
    - tig welder
    - spot welder
    - 
    parting:
    - blanking press
    - fine blanking press
    - die cutter  
    - CNC shear
    - wire EDM
    - laser cutter
    - plasma cutter
    - waterjet
    - photochemical milling machine
    - metal band saw
    - glass cutter
    
    deformation:
    - drop forge
    - stamping/drawing press
    - vacuum former
    - CNC sheet metal brake      
    - CNC wire former
    - coil winder
    - 
    removal:
    - surface grinder
    - jig borer
    - CNC lathe
    - CNC milling machine
    - drill press
    - sinker ECM
    - sinker EDM
    - CNC turret punch
    
    surface:
    - spray booth
    - sandblaster/beadblaster
    - vibratory finisher
    - buffing/polishing wheel
    - metal brusher?
    - powder coat oven
    - plating/anodizing tanks
    - silkscreen machine
    
    materials:
    - Aluminum 
    - Stainless Steel 
    - Copper 
    - Sheet Metal 
    - Nylon 
    - Steel 
    - Acetal 
    - Polycarbonate 
    - Polystyrene 
    - Acrylic 
    - Plastic 
    - Fiberglass 
    - Brass 
    - Carbon Fiber 
    - Teflon 
    - Titanium 
    - ABS 
    - PVC 
    - Sterling Silver 
    - Spring Steel 
    - Bronze 
    - Rubber