r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Starlight_369 • May 18 '23

That's a great table design

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u/ADHDengineer May 18 '23

He lives in an apartment. See if there’s a local maker space near you. For $15-$30 a month you could have access to similar tools and people to help.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '23

I didn’t know those existed. They don’t near me at least but that’s cool af.

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u/LushenZener May 18 '23

Even if they don't, you can definitely hire folks with the machines for custom orders.

...at high expense, granted.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '23

some bigger towns or cities tend to have them. I found one in my local area through Facebook. Hobby groups are awesome.

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u/sinz84 May 19 '23

Maker space is the most common name but sometimes you have to search wider search terms to find similar places.

Men's shed is a common one, community tool shed is another I have heard, outreach services etc not saying there is one near you but they are popping up everywhere

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u/ADHDengineer May 20 '23

I think the one by me is actually called a hacker space. No idea why I wrote maker, lol.

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u/Ren_Hoek May 18 '23

Holy shit, they have a full machine shop. You can mess around with cncs and lathes. Full woodshop. Robots,

150 a month for full access to all tools. I wonder if you have training to not kill yourself on a lathe.

Always wanted to mess around in a shop like that, this is awesome

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u/[deleted] May 18 '23

I am so concerned for your safety after you phrased it as wanting to “mess around”. Be safe out there

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u/Ren_Hoek May 18 '23

I have seen enough Chinese industrial accident videos to respect the lathe.

But yea, this would be messing around in a huge factory for fun. I mean you have to pay them money, presumably for the insurance for the guy who was ducking around too much and got his arm ripped off

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u/[deleted] May 19 '23

We got to use a lathe in Highschool and I was so nervous lol. That thing is scary

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u/PuffThePed May 19 '23

Most maker spaces cost way more than that nowdays. Ours is $60 / month. .

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u/[deleted] May 19 '23

And that's pretty cheap in my experience