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This tool is clamped in the bench vise and used to bend metal. Up to 3/8" rod or 1/4"x1" flat stock (steel).

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We have 3 Foredom Flex Shafts, one in the Jewelry Area, one in the Metal Shop, and one in the Wood Shop. 

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Invest, vacuum and cast using this one versatile machine. Ideal for casting both perforated and solid flasks (up to 7"H) as well as for vacuuming invested flasks and RTV molds, this compact, powerful investing/casting machine is made with tough, durable components. This machine has a built-in 3cfm vacuum pump and an easy-access port making it simple to add oil or to change the oil completely. Its investment table is a generous 11" x 11" in size. Its 1/2hp motor ensures an efficient, effective vacuum for more defect-free molds and patterns.

The Jewelry Bench and associated tools are used to make jewelry. Because of the delicacy and sensitivity of the tools to contaminants, no ferrous metals may be used in this area, and none of the tools may be used outside of the Jewelry area.

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This is a 5HP 20" wide planer with helical carbide blades.

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Remote 3D Printing Monitoring

Submitted by Nathan Rawling on

Sometimes the 3D printers are all busy, and other times they are all free. Sometimes they appear to be busy, but will all be done printing in ten minutes. It would be nice to be able to track the progress of prints across the entire farm using something like OctoFarm or similar. There are definitely challenges to be solved, since I think OctoFarm needs to be on the inside network to talk to the OctoPrint nodes, and then we need a way to expose some status externally. Or maybe we can just do something with webcams.