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Yeah, my local library has a pretty decent makerspace in its basement, at least if you're making smaller things. These are the machines that are currently there

Yeah, my local library has a pretty decent makerspace in its basement, at least if you're making smaller things. These are the machines that are currently there: * Prusa 3D Printer * Hic Top CR-10 3D Printer * Ender-3 S1 Pro 3D Printer * Brother ScanNCut * Silhouette CAMEO * Silhouette Vinyl Cutter * EverSewn Sparrow X2 Embroidery Machine * Brother PE900 Embroidery Machine * Carvey CNC Desktop Fabricator * Glowforge Laser Cutter * Sawgrass Sublimation Printer It also has a lot of audio recording equipment with soundbooths, and a bunch of lighting and photography/video equipment.

Solvency 3y ago
Do you live in the wealthiest city in America? I've been to 11 libraries and absolutely none of them have anything on that list.
- juahan 3y ago
  Here in Finland the libraries often have that kind of stuff, in smaller places maybe a little less, but larger cities have nice amount of stuff to use and/or loan.
  - cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
    Marry or adopt me, would you? ;D Finish passport is good as a Singaporean one. I have a Prusa Mk3S+ with MMU, head improvement, and Bear kit. Also have maybe 40 rolls of filament from glow in the dark, UV reactive, and more or less every color and an Octoprint with cameras and a power shutoff. The only problem is my electronics lab is 60 Hz equipment. ]:
- cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
  America is a third-world country in multiple ways. It's just most Americans don't have passports and don't know how bad we have it.
  - trogdor 3y ago
    I believe most eligible U.S. adults have a passport. High-50s-percent.
    - mistrial9 3y ago
      recent push for higher-security ID has translated into more non-travelling adults with Passport IMHO.. its intentional
    - fragmede 3y ago
      56%, apparently. But how many are able to make use of it? what percentage of the population can just take off for two weeks to go visit India or Bali or Estonia or Switzerland or somewhere else, just to see how things can be different? https://www.americancommunities.org/who-owns-a-passport-in-america/#:~:text=Nationally%2C%2056%25%20of%20American%20adults,survey%20data%20from%20MRI%2DSimmons https://www.americancommunities.org/who-owns-a-passport-in-a....
- cableshaft 3y ago
  I live in a suburb of Chicago. We do directly neighbor one of the wealthiest cities in the country, though, but our city isn't particularly wealthy (it's doing fine though, and steadily growing). Part of the reason we bought a house here is because it was close to some nicer suburbs without being terribly expensive itself (our home was just reappraised and it was determined to still be under the average existing house sales price in the US of $410k, even though it went up like 40% since last time). We can drive twenty minutes and go to the same nice stores and restaurants that people living there can, if we wanted to. I'm aware our local library is an outlier. There are other libraries in the area, including in that wealthy neighboring city, that don't have anywhere near as much equipment.
  - wmeitzler 3y ago
    This sounds like Fountaindale Library in Bolingbrook. I lived there myself for 2 years, it's a great up-and-coming town, and the library is truly spectacular.
- bart_spoon 3y ago
  Not the commenter but my library is similar. I live in a suburb of Indianapolis that is quite well off for the area, though very low cost of living in comparison to many metro areas across the country. We also have a city funded makerspace more aimed at trades that offers home improvement seminars, a woodshop, etc.
  - seltzered_ 3y ago
    It's probably worth noting the libraries I've seen that have a nice makerlab (to where the the tools are maintained and they facilitate trainings) usually have at least a couple staff librarians that are fairly enthusiastic about making things and using the tools themselves too. That's my limited anecdotal experience, noticing there's also been libraries that might've initially offered 3d printing then stopped (possibly due to abuse, maintenance burden, staff changes, etc.)
kobalsky 3y ago
Sound like a dream. I'd love to see a picture of that basement.

Solvency 3y ago

Do you live in the wealthiest city in America? I've been to 11 libraries and absolutely none of them have anything on that list.

juahan 3y ago
Here in Finland the libraries often have that kind of stuff, in smaller places maybe a little less, but larger cities have nice amount of stuff to use and/or loan.
- cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
  Marry or adopt me, would you? ;D Finish passport is good as a Singaporean one. I have a Prusa Mk3S+ with MMU, head improvement, and Bear kit. Also have maybe 40 rolls of filament from glow in the dark, UV reactive, and more or less every color and an Octoprint with cameras and a power shutoff. The only problem is my electronics lab is 60 Hz equipment. ]:
cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
America is a third-world country in multiple ways. It's just most Americans don't have passports and don't know how bad we have it.
- trogdor 3y ago
  I believe most eligible U.S. adults have a passport. High-50s-percent.
  - mistrial9 3y ago
    recent push for higher-security ID has translated into more non-travelling adults with Passport IMHO.. its intentional
  - fragmede 3y ago
    56%, apparently. But how many are able to make use of it? what percentage of the population can just take off for two weeks to go visit India or Bali or Estonia or Switzerland or somewhere else, just to see how things can be different? https://www.americancommunities.org/who-owns-a-passport-in-america/#:~:text=Nationally%2C%2056%25%20of%20American%20adults,survey%20data%20from%20MRI%2DSimmons https://www.americancommunities.org/who-owns-a-passport-in-a....
cableshaft 3y ago
I live in a suburb of Chicago. We do directly neighbor one of the wealthiest cities in the country, though, but our city isn't particularly wealthy (it's doing fine though, and steadily growing). Part of the reason we bought a house here is because it was close to some nicer suburbs without being terribly expensive itself (our home was just reappraised and it was determined to still be under the average existing house sales price in the US of $410k, even though it went up like 40% since last time). We can drive twenty minutes and go to the same nice stores and restaurants that people living there can, if we wanted to. I'm aware our local library is an outlier. There are other libraries in the area, including in that wealthy neighboring city, that don't have anywhere near as much equipment.
- wmeitzler 3y ago
  This sounds like Fountaindale Library in Bolingbrook. I lived there myself for 2 years, it's a great up-and-coming town, and the library is truly spectacular.
bart_spoon 3y ago
Not the commenter but my library is similar. I live in a suburb of Indianapolis that is quite well off for the area, though very low cost of living in comparison to many metro areas across the country. We also have a city funded makerspace more aimed at trades that offers home improvement seminars, a woodshop, etc.
- seltzered_ 3y ago
  It's probably worth noting the libraries I've seen that have a nice makerlab (to where the the tools are maintained and they facilitate trainings) usually have at least a couple staff librarians that are fairly enthusiastic about making things and using the tools themselves too. That's my limited anecdotal experience, noticing there's also been libraries that might've initially offered 3d printing then stopped (possibly due to abuse, maintenance burden, staff changes, etc.)

kobalsky 3y ago

Sound like a dream. I'd love to see a picture of that basement.