MetalShop / CNC

by Daniel Schneider

As was foretold, CNC machining has officially taken over the entire metalshop. Forever more, sheet metal and manual machining shall be banished from this land.

Seriously though, we moved the entire metalshop (less the Matsuura) out of the way to prepare for pouring a new epoxy floor. When we reopen, the metalshop will have approximately doubled in size (taking over the old Greenway and laser lab areas). A lot of the new space will be used to add tables and workspaces to make the shop more usable, but it will also leave us room to acquire more tools and expand our capabilities over time. See the description description on pages 6 and 7 for] for the expansion plans for welding, CNC plasma cutting, etc., in the new high vent shop. The CNC program will not be changing as much as many of the other shops when we open back up, but we have a few interesting irons in the fire that we can’t announce yet. So please watch this space for an announcement (hopefully) in the near future.

Many thanks to Sean Crane, Patrick Marstall, Daniel Vrolijk, Shane Smith, and many others for all their hard work moving machinery, sorting metal, and grinding the floors. Nothing gets done at Nova Labs without our volunteers.