EP#367: Vapor Wave Reflow

News

• May 4th, Bringing back the MacroFab meetup.

Question From slack: Eric Smith

• How do you find new machines for the factory lines?
  • Google
  • Youtube
  • Vendors
  • Resellers
• Do you guys get mailed catalogs?
  • Auctions yes. New machines no
• Do you go to conferences?
  • I have been but never to purchase a machine  
• if you find something which could be potentially good, how do you evaluate it?  Is there something like a trial period with the manufacturer?
  • Research is key. Evaluation is difficult to do.  
• Do you have an examples of machines you purchased but regret? Or examples of machines that helped a lot?
  • Mimaki Printer
  • Stencil printer
  • Datron CNC
• Direct question
  • I'd also be curious if you prefer to keep homogenous lines or do you prefer to optimize some lines to a particular task, i.e. Less precise but more throughput.    I can come up with good arguments either way.   It sounds like you all keep things pretty dynamic and reconfigure fairly often.