MakerFocus

Objective: Make fabrication facilities and resources accessible.

Updates to this page, see Fab Focus at http://www.appropedia.org/Fab_Focus

Context

Nathan Cravens: "Here is a model to use when approaching the Open Manufacturing list with your design inquires. Please revise it for general use. The Open Manufacturing list began as a discussion of theory. We now need to move forward and collaborate for action in order to put theory to practice."

PreFoundation

Autonomy through Communication
Let's Make, and if it fails, let's Make over.
Begin and end with most relevant.

MiniCollaboration Platform

Define the production-in-focus
State your project clearly to Open Manufacturing to incite collaberation.
Make a concise wiki for each project to inform our group.
Make collaborators:

Inquire the group for...

• participation
• knowledge
• materials
• funding

In general practice this looks like...

• Who will participate?
• Who has the production knowledge for construction? What is the most effective knowledge to use?
• Where can the materials be found? Who has them freely available to contribute? (or) Where can they be found for least cost?
• How can we attract funding? Where can we attract it? Will you fund the production-in-focus?
• Show how!

Let's perfect the art of...

• vision
• organization
• fabrication
• documentation
• replication

General Development & Resource MiniTemplates

A place for general project ideas and knowledge segments to prime the creative pump.

Make Fab Lab

Define the Fab Lab tool-in-focus. When the question or issue comes, ask:

• Who will participate in constructing the Fab Lab tool-in-focus?
• Who has the production knowledge for constructing the tool? What is the most effective knowledge to use in building it?
• Where can the materials or tools be found to build the tool? Who has them freely available to contribute? (or) Where can they be found for least cost?
• How can we attract funding? Where can we attract it? Will you fund the Fab Lab tool-in-focus?

MakerBenefit

• A Fab Lab to use.
• Maker recieves income based on average hourly construction time when building for others.
• If average hourly paid block time remains static, the Maker has further incentive to reduce construction time, automating construction until "no assembly required." The Maker then needs the same or further access to material resources, addressed below, in order to accelerate automation practices.

Benefits for Investors (MetaMakerBenefit)

• Your investment far exceeds the purchase price you and others will pay for a finished product. In other words, more money stays in your pocket after product aquisition. In the long run, with the MakerFocus and local "free market" economies in widespread practice, money will increase in value per monetary metric, meaning, more bang for the buck.
• Use of Fabrication Facilities are no charge by appointment to construct DIY. Your monetary investment and your Maker effort reduces cost to materials alone.
• For buyers, your investment generates a finished product purchased "fabricator direct" for far less than any market price. Your investment generated this savings. Current Industrial standards suspect most investors will opt for this option more often until more detailed instructive documentation or automation of assembly enhances the productive chain.