Equipment Upgrades
We came into a grant to make a makerspace at our school and we have some raised funds for Worlds that we will have left over (about 2k, so 7k total). We have a laser cutter and some older 3d printers. We are planning to get some new 3d printers and some CNC machine along with some materials for next year and to upgrade our organization probably.
What I am thinking:
Bambu P2S with AM5 ~$1k
Bambu A1 $350
CNC Router (OMIO X8 or Shapeoko 5.1 2x2 ~$3k to $3.5k)
Materials ~$1k
Laptops $1k
My thoughts are this would allow us to quickly prototype (wood on the laser cutter) and finalize some parts on the cnc router in aluminum. We can also 3D print custom parts that are not flat plates. We would have 3d printers of different sizes and abilities (we have a Bambu mini that is our work horse at the moment). I am thinking we could dedicate some of the printers to different nozzle sizes (one for drafting with a .8 nozzle, one with a .4 and one with a .2. Though this may be a silly idea).
Thoughts?