Buildout
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This page serves as the brainstorming hub for plans surrounding the buildout of Lowell Makes into the MVCIA and Below Grade. Each major function of Lowell Makes has a separate section of this page for plans, requirements, wishes, and open questions.
Floors and Functions
Upper Level
- Retail space
- Conference rooms
- Coworking space
- Class area
- 3D Printing
- Lounge
- Kitchen
- Scanning Electron Microscope
- IT Cabinet
Lower Level
- Wood Shop
- Wood Stock Storage
- Electronics Benches
- Break Area
- Leatherworking Shop
- Metalworking Shop
- Pottery Studio
- Lockers
- Bike Shop
- LASER Zone
- Paint Room
Functional Breakdown
Retail space
Conference rooms
Class area
3D Printing
Lounge
Kitchen
Scanning Electron Microscope
IT Cabinet
- Enclosed or not?
- Add second cabinet
Wood Shop
- Add four new 220V outlets
- 1 on left wall, for old table saw
- 3 new along right wall (for a total of 4)
- dust collector
- Saw stop
- ground route with kick plate to prevent tripping
- future tool
- future tool
- If cost of new outlets scales poorly, reduce to 3 new runs
- Move wood storage out to new stock storage area
- Change to small vertical storage area within shop
- HVAC and filtration
- Access Control
- Add ctrl-o gating to power
- Dust collector enclosure
- Add power sensing to automatically engage when tools run?
Wood Stock Storage
- Horizontal rack storage
Electronics Benches
Break Area
Same as currently, coffee and tea, soda machine
Leatherworking Shop
Metalworking Shop
- Bridgeport?
- Would require 3-phase 220V run