Andrew Vaughan (joined April 18th, 2017) is a full member of Pumping Station:One. Professionally, he acts as Chief Product Officer for Hyatt Hotels, helping build policies and procedures to drive innovative customer experiences. When not at work, Andrew spends time with his girlfriend, two dogs, and cat. In his spare time, he develops software and rotates through numerous hobbies. The often large-scale nature of his initiatives is what ultimately lead him to Pumping Station: One.
Andrew's hobbies and passions rotate regularly, including Electronics, Carpentry, Programming, CAD, Luthierie, Pipe Making, Soap Making, Brewing and many more. Andrew is a Level 2 Certified Sommelier through the Wine Spirit and Education Trust of England.
Although sporadically maintained, Andrew's personal blog contains detail and insight into many of the initiatives he undertakes. He also maintains public and active project and task lists on this wiki in an effort to empower others to reference his work.
Contact
Andrew can be reached through Pumping Station: One's public and private mailing lists, via the Pumping Station: One IRC channel (user andrewvaughan), or through one of his Social Media networks, such as Twitter or LinkedIn. For urgent situations, Andrew can be contacted directly by emailing him or by calling or texting his cellphone.
Wiki Help
Andrew takes point in building and maintaining many aspects of the Pumping Station: One Wiki. If you would like support in building out templates, functionality, or need general help with editing or contributing to the wiki, please feel free to reach out to Andrew using the contact information above.
If your questions concern general wiki usage, please read the MediaWiki FAQ, the MediaWiki Editing Guide, and MediaWiki's General Help category before asking. It's highly likely that your question has already been answered, and RTFM goes a long way. If, after following these steps, your question persists, your best bet at getting a quick answer would be to make a post on the internal PS:1 Google group.
Classes
Andrew teaches classes at Pumping Station: One on various topics. The following classes are currently active in the shop. More information can be found on their individual wiki pages:
Projects
Andrew generally has a significant number of projects in various phases of completion at any given time. These projects are listed as Active, in-which they are currently underway, Completed, wherein no further work is planned for an initiative, or Archived, where the project has been placed on pause indefinitely (unless otherwise noted).
The following projects are in various stages of active development, whether they be in Inception, Planning, in Design, in Development, or Finishing. Occasionally, active projects will have a final Packaging step, if they are being sold or distributed.
Along with these status, a qualifier of Ongoing represents that there is no foreseeable end to the project, and that iterative development will continue indefinitely.
Inception
- Boeing 737-800 Flight Simulator Enclosure
- Woodworking, Electronics
- A fully-functional, to-scale model of a Boeing 737-800 flight cockpit, with functional toggles, switches, and gauges, processed through shared USB signaling devices and compatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator X, X-Plane 11, and Lockheed Martin Prepar3d v3.
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- Programmable Entry to PS:1
- Electronics
- Rebuild the locking mechanism for Pumping Station: One to be programmable, so that buzzer entry can be scheduled, and RFID entry can be used the remainder of the time.
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- Damascus Steel Hunting Knife
- Hot Metals, Woodworking
- A forged and hand-carved hunting knife, with Damascus Steel as an introduction to forging.
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Planning
- Soprano Ukulele
- Woodworking
- An effort to build the moulds, jigs, and other systems to empower easily-repeatable builds of high-quality, hand-made Ukuleles. Soprano Ukulele's being the smallest of the Ukulele set (with some exceptions), can be one of the most challenging Luthierie projects given the preciseness needed for the build coupled with the small footprint of the design.
- Dockerized Gary's Mod Server
- Programming
- Building on the Dockerized Steam Server project, this open-source library provides a push-button mechanism to launch a Garry's Mod server for use with the game Prop Hunt.
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- Tenor Ukulele
- Woodworking
- Similar to the Soprano Ukulele project, but with moulds, jigs, and systems to build Tenor ukuleles.
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- Briarwood Smoking Pipe
- Woodworking
- Using only hand-tools (with the exception of preliminary block cut of the wood), Andrew aims to carve a functional smoking pipe from briarwood.
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Design
- 8-Bit CPU
- Electronics
- A build of an entirely-functional 8-bit CPU, using a custom developed architecture and instruction set, using only TLS and CMOS chips. The CPU is designed to be modular and expandable, so that further instructions and capabilities can be added in the future.
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- MiniNES
- Electronics
- A Raspberry Pi project with a 3D-printed NES enclosure to support a custom version of the RetroPie project.
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Development
- Bath Bombs
- Arts and Science Ongoing
- A series of methods and formulary to create effervescent bath bombs with multiple combinations of oils, clays, and salts.
- Cat Tree
- Woodworking
- A simple cat tree for use at home, complete with three levels, hooks for hanging toys, a removable ladder, and an enclosed house on the second floor.
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- Bread Baking
- Arts and Science Ongoing
- A number of hand-made bread recipes. No bread machines here!
- LillyOS
- Programming
- A custom-built boot loader, file system, and operating system intended for use in high-security, low-detection file transfer. LillyOS is encrypted at time of cross-compilation with a private key that is used to load the operating and file systems into memory at load. Therefore, without the correct seed, invalid instruction sets will be processed by the host computer, instead of simply encrypting just the files on the operating system itself.
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- Beer Brewing
- Arts and Science Ongoing
- Recipes and techniques for making tasty, tasty Beer.
- Washers Pitching
- Woodworking
- A fun game, similar to cornhole, bags, or horseshoes, where four players compete on teams of two to reach a top score. Rules for the game can be found on the Wikipedia entry for the game.
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Completed
- SNES-in-a-Controller
- Electronics (April 2017)
- Originally a challenge as a 30-Minute Build, the SNES-in-a-Controller uses a Raspberry Pi Zero, an integrated lithium-ion charging circuit, battery, and USB SNES controller to provide a portable, HDMI-compatible RetroPie emulator.
- 10-Seat Racetrack Poker Table
- Woodworking (June 2010)
- A 10-seat poker table in a racetrack design with arm padding, polished wood track, speedfelt center, and closed-cell foam to prevent spill rot.
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- Docker-Supported Steam Server
- Programming (February 2017)
- An open-source Docker project that provides push-button launching of any dedicated Steam server. Supports all current versions of Ubuntu as a base image for the virtual machine, and is available in the formal Docker Hub.
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- RaspberryPi Reduced-Image Tool
- Programming (May 2016)
- An open-source tool to help users reduce the bloatware included with the formal Raspbian image provided by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, as well as to help new users understand the purpose and footprint with pre-included packages.
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Equipment Authorizations
Current Authorizations
| Equipment
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Area
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Authorizer
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Date
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| Forge
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Hot Metals
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Chris Iacullo
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May 11, 2017
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| Hypertherm Powermax 45 Plasma Cutter
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Hot Metals
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Chris Iacullo
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May 11, 2017
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| AcmeAnvil
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Hot Metals
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Chris Iacullo
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May 11, 2017
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| Millermatic 252
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Hot Metals
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Chris Iacullo
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May 11, 2017
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| Miller Dynasty 280DX
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Hot Metals
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Chris Iacullo
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May 11, 2017
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| Lincoln Electric 3200HD
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Hot Metals
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Chris Iacullo
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May 11, 2017
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| Lincoln Electric 125HD WeldPak
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Hot Metals
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Chris Iacullo
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May 11, 2017
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| Lincoln Electric 100 WeldPak
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Hot Metals
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Chris Iacullo
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May 11, 2017
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| DeWalt Chop Saw
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Hot Metals
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Chris Iacullo
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May 11, 2017
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| Bench Grinder (6in)
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Hot Metals
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Chris Iacullo
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May 11, 2017
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| Hot Metals Belt Sander
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Hot Metals
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Chris Iacullo
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May 11, 2017
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| Ryobi 6" Grinder
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Hot Metals
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Chris Iacullo
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May 11, 2017
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| Angle Grinder (4.5in)
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Hot Metals
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Chris Iacullo
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May 11, 2017
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| Epilog 30w Mini 24 Laser Engraver
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CNC
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Burton Kent
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May 3, 2017
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| Laguna 16" Planer
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Wood Shop
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Andy Larkin
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April 26, 2017
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| Bosch Sliding Compound Miter Saw
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Wood Shop
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Andy Larkin
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April 26, 2017
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| Rockwell Delta 20" Bandsaw
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Wood Shop
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Andy Larkin
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April 26, 2017
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| Delta 12" Drill Press
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Wood Shop
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Andy Larkin
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April 26, 2017
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| Craftsman 20in Drill Press
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Wood Shop
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Andy Larkin
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April 26, 2017
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| Grizzly 6" Jointer
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Wood Shop
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Andy Larkin
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April 26, 2017
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| Sears Scroll Saw
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Wood Shop
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Andy Larkin
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April 26, 2017
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| Belt and Disk Sander
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Wood Shop
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Andy Larkin
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April 26, 2017
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| Excalibur Router Table
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Wood Shop
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Andy Larkin
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April 26, 2017
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| SawStop Table Saw
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Wood Shop
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Andy Larkin
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April 26, 2017
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Pending Authorizations
| Area
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Priority
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Equipment
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Notes
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| Wood Shop
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1 - Urgent
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Drum Sander
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Equipment unavailable. Passed vote on April 18th, 2017.
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| 3 - Moderate
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Ridgid Oscillating Spindle Sander
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May be irrelevant due to Oscillating Drum Sander, which does not require authorization.
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| 4- Low
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Jet Wood Lathe
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Wish to learn Lathe techniques (however, no projects currently planned).
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| 4 - Low
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Vacuum Table
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Interest in learning techniques. May wish to vacuum form with later projects (however, no projects currently planned).
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| 5 - Trivial
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Hitachi M12V Router
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Priority low due to personal access to Dremel plunge router, duplication of other routers, and ShopBot inlay capabilities.
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| 5 - Trivial
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Ryobi R161 Router
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Priority low due to personal access to Dremel plunge router, duplication of other routers, and ShopBot inlay capabilities.
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| 5 - Trivial
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Ryobi R181FB Router
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Priority low due to personal access to Dremel plunge router, duplication of other routers, and ShopBot inlay capabilities.
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| CNC
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3 - Moderate
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Prusa i3 3D Printer
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Likely will be one of highly-used 3D printers when printing.
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| 5 - Trivial
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Z-Builder Ultra 3D Printer
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Does not seem to be functioning.
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| 5 - Trivial
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Shapeoko Router
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Functionality replaced by ShopBot.
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| 5 - Trivial
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ShapeOko2 CNC Router
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Seems to have been largely replaced by the ShopBot.
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| 1 - Urgent
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Shopbot PRS CNC router
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Blocking ability to create jigs and moulds for ongoing Luthierie projects.
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| 1 - Urgent
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HP DesignJet T520 Large Format Color Printer
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Blocking ability to print large-format templates and designs for ongoing Luthierie projects.
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| 3 - Moderate
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Lulzbot Taz3
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Likely will be one of highly-used 3D printers when printing.
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| 3 - Moderate
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BOSS LS-3655 150w Laser Engraver
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Currently not offering authorizations (new laser cutter).
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| 4 - Low
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Vinyl Cutter
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| 4 - Low
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CNC Plasma Cutter
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| 4 - Low
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Cricut Die Cutting Machine
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| Arts
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2 - High
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Singer 20U Industrial Sewing Machine
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Interested in creating dog toys and self-tailoring.
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| 2 - High
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Sears Kenmore Model 158.18130 Sewing Machine
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Interested in creating dog toys and self-tailoring.
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| 2 - High
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J.C.Penney Free Arm Sewing Machine
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Interested in creating dog toys and self-tailoring.
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| 2 - High
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Singer Serger 14T948DS
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Interested in creating dog toys and self-tailoring.
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| 4 - Low
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Brother 230 Knitting Machine
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| 4 - Low
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Brother KH-930 Knitting Machine
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| 4 - Low
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Evenheat 810 Kiln
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| 1 - Urgent
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Currently blocking progress on primary project(s).
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| 2 - High
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Blocking progress on upcoming progress
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| 3 - Moderate
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Will likely block progress on near-future progress
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| 4 - Low
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Current interest in learning machine or techniques
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| 5 - Trivial
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May have interest in learning machine or techniques in future, or may have alternative solution
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Areas of Expertise
Andrew has proficiency in a number of skills. If you would like advice or assistance in any of these areas, please do not hesitate to reach out. In terms of ratings:
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Inexperienced
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Little-to-no hands on experience. Interest has been expressed, but experience has not been sought.
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Novice
★ ☆ ☆ ☆
Experienced with basic topics and common knowledge of the subject matter expert. May result from self-training.
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Amateur
★ ★ ☆ ☆
Comfortable with most of scope; well-experienced with highly-common tasks. Able to teach others basic areas of subject matter.
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Intermediate
★ ★ ★ ☆
Highly experienced, including most edge-cases. Able to teach others in nearly all areas of subject matter.
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Expert
★ ★ ★ ★
Advanced experience with subject matter. Learning is replaced with research. Seeking mentorship becomes difficult or impossible.
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Arts and Science
CNC and 3D Printing
Electronics
Metallurgy
| Skill
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Experience
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| Knife Sharpening
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☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
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| Knife Smithing
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☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
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| MIG Welding
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☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
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| Plasma Cutting
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☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
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| TIG Welding
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☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
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| Tool Smithing
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☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
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Software Development
Woodworking
Miscellaneous
Resources
The following resources are some of Andrew's preferred sources of information regarding projects, best practices, and safety:
