On behalf of Senior Associate Dean Mo Zell: The UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning is searching for an innovative leader for the Rapid Prototyping Lab Manager position. The Rapid Prototypin

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With Chris's recent move to Princeton (I hope that wasn't a secret Chris), we have an open position to fill in our shop. We're looking for someone to bring their experience, interests and energy, to o

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Good Morning All, I’ve posted about this in the past, but I’ve built a system using a PLC and touch screen HMI that has worked for me as equipment access for my student monitors. It can be set up to s

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Thanks for your replies, Steve and Gordon. Gordon, you have done quite the extensive research on this topic! Thank you for sharing your notes. However, after assessing the options I'm now aware of, th

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Ryan, I'm working on a similar project. I have some notes on our wiki that you might find helpful. We're about to test a system made by a local community makerspace (Nova Labs in Reston, VA). For info

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Ryan, I remember Dan Brown was working on one as well when we had SSMC 2017 @ Northwestern. During the conference we all tried it out and it looked very hopeful but I have not heard anything more sinc

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Thank you Ben(s) and Lewis. The Fabman system looks pretty cool, but appears to be Austrian in origin. Penn State has very strict rules about data storage and management by third party vendors, and re

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Hi Ryan My first set up used a Liftmaster card swipe that would toggle the the safety control circuit or a contactor for the power. You would have to program each individual card for the machines the

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Ryan, I don't remember what it's called, some Yale students at the Yale ISAM conference were working on an access control system that they were trying to turn into a business. Anyone on here know if t

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Hi Ryan, We looked at Fabman.io a couple of years ago. They do exactly what you’re looking for in terms of access control, scheduling, reporting, etc. The draw back for us was the lack any university-

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This is very helpful, Leland. Thank you. Best,

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Ryan, Look at safety spot they have been slowly developing a system that recent demonstrations is close as functional as I have looked for in 20 years. The device control at the machine level from a q

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Hello all, I'm currently researching tool/equipment access controls and am not coming up with many compelling solutions. If you have any experience with a system that controls usage by requiring a swi

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Happy New Year everyone! I'm reaching out with a friendly reminder about this great opportunity: Makerspace Shop Manager (myworkdayjobs.com) This is a chance to get in on the ground floor of an exciti

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Hello all, I hope this note finds you well and enjoying the smooth conclusion of another semester. I'm excited to announce that the job posting for "Shop Manager" of Penn State's brand new Innovation

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Hello All! This is a reminder of the upcoming Diversity and Inclusion Conference: Creating and Inclusive Shop Community. It will be on Tuesday, August 18th from 1pm to 3:30 pm. All are welcome to atte

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Annushka, We are working on this right now and have an outline started on some of the things we are considering. I’ve attached it for you to take a look at. Matthew Gines Lecturer: Architecture Design

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Hello All, I am in the process, along with my team and other lab and administrative staff, of working out contingency planning for Fall of 2020 -- I am sure many of you are in a similar boat. I am ver

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Hi all! I hope this email finds everyone safe and well. Our institution wants to open the shops and dorms this summer for already scheduled summer classes, offer for free dorm space and new workshops

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We use phpScheduleIt which is now called https://www.bookedscheduler.com/ Pretty easy to use and manage, and we're able to use our schools graphics on it which looks pro 😉 William S. Rollins Digital F

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