I appreciate the variety of consumables in the electronics lab. It gives me an exposure to a variety of products which I wouldn’t otherwise know about. Sometimes it contributes to the safety or neatness of the prototype. For example, there’s green-and-yellow stranded wires which I used when I wired the ground bar for my CNC controller. It’s not something I would have known to buy beforehand, because first of all I didn’t know about the color convention, but also because it’s slightly more expensive than just using black. But, it made it easier to follow the grounding and helped me convince others that the thing I made is not going to burn down the workshop. Same thing with the spade connectors, heatshrink tubing etc. – if I bought a variety pack I would never use half of it, but it’s nice to have it and contributes to a finished appearance. In closing, for contributing to safety and professionalismship, and furthermore for behooving the image of maker-made things, I claim that this stuff is a boon to makers using the space.
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In general the ELab is not a parts house - ie not a Tanners, etc. There are many reasons for this including IRS resale, can’t buy and give away, non profit issues and the list goes on. Elab supplies tools, solder, flux, heatshrink, wire, etc. Generic stuff. Most of the parts in the ELab were donated. I’ve had members ask can you order part xyz for my project and the answer is NO.
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You mean you’re NOT Santa Claus?
Depends on who’s placing orders with the Head Elf.
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He’s his evil twin, Satan Claus…
Skinny and clean shaven. Art fits the profile with the usual beard convention.
Of course now I have the image of Santa with the Mirror universe Spock beard.
Which would make Art the good twin, and no one is buying that.
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Dyslexic typo
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