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Yea, for sure. I suppose that could either be a staffing problem, or demand outstripping (tool time) supply. In the latter case - if there was space/power avail

by peller 9y ago

Yea, for sure. I suppose that could either be a staffing problem, or demand outstripping (tool time) supply. In the latter case - if there was space/power available - perhaps they could have gotten a second tool. Or from an economics perspective, raise the rates until the demand cooled off a bit. (Of course that kinda sucks as a member, but it also sucks if you're paying and can't get access time to use the tools you want, so it's a bit of a balancing act)

williamscales 9y ago
Yeah, this seems to support the story that they just expanded too fast and couldn't keep a handle on things. If they can get folks to pay $1k per year and actually come despite the crowding they can probably get almost as many folks to pay some amount more than $1k per year but not have crowding.
cr0sh 9y ago
> In the latter case - if there was space/power available - perhaps they could have gotten a second tool. Given that this was about a waitlist for the "how to use a laser cutter" class, getting another tool probably wasn't going to be economically possible. The TechShop in my area (Phoenix/Chandler) had six (!) laser cutters - all ULS 60 watt machines (I'm not sure what they had before they closed; I haven't been back in a long while). ULS is based in Scottsdale, so maybe they got a discount on the equipment or something - but regardless, those machines aren't cheap. They are quality machines (heck, the software alone is pretty amazing), and have a cost that reflects it.