Equipment

Freeside has lots of equipment, spare parts, material, furniture, and almost anything you can think of. Here's the short list, organized by zone.

Welcome

• Public terminal
• Information kiosk
• Weather station

3D Printing

• Thingomatic
• Cupcake
• Reprap
• The Kraken (custom- and member-designed)
• Member workstation

Electronics Lab

• Solder
• Flux pens
• Flux paste
• Soldering Irons
• Helping Hands with Magnifiers
• Copper wool in cups
• Many, many spare parts and components

Classroom

• Projector
• Whiteboard (both on the wall and on the tables!)

Server Room

• Racks
• Rack servers running *nix OS, various specifications
• IT workstation

Outdated List (Remove after review)

This is a list of items we have purchased, or that are being donated.

• Computer hardware:
  • (2) 2U 2xPIII rackmount (dknowles) & (dr.kaos compaq proliant)
  • Dell 1500SC dual-proc tower server w/ 6 36GB
  • SCSI drives (dr.kaos)
  • Misc older computers and parts
  • 1 Soekris 4801 embedded system -- for fw applications (eater)
  • 2-3 1U PowerEdge 1550/1650's for public use (Probably ESX'ed?) (sariel)
  • 2-3 1U PowerEdge 1550/1650's for project use (sariel)
  • Few 15 inch monitors, may need a little work (sariel)
  • HP Netserver LP2000R - 2U dual p4, SCSI raid 5x20gb, redundant PSU (jlash)
  • 5 cheap-o web-cams. (2/eater) (1/tronik) (1/kive) (1/dmm)
  • 3x15" LCD Samsung displays on a triple-headed Ergotron mount (cjr)
• Computer Software
  • VMware ESX enterprise + licenses (dr.kaos)
• Network Hardware
  • Cat-5 cable
  • 1 spool of RG-6U coaxial cable, w/ insulation ** stripper, crimpers, and connectors. (eater)
  • 1U 3Com 24 port hub (ears for mounting included) (sariel)
  • I have tools and supplies for running and punching down Cat-5 connections. (eater)
  • 1 Cisco 3640 16/64MB 1EFW, 2FE2W (duckie)
  • 2 Foundry FastIron FWS24 w 2x Gig SX Uplinks (duckie)
• Infrastructure
  • Server rack on casters (lockable) (jweiler)
  • 3ft x 7ft ish lockable rack with plexiglass door, fan, and built-in KVM -- donate or extended lend (beth/dc404)
• Electrical / Electronic
  • 1 soldering iron (eater)
  • 1 soldering iron (sariel)
  • 1 electronics protoyping kit with breadboards and random useful components (daeken)
  • HP 1220A Oscilloscope (old, but it works.) (phreakmonkey)
• Entertainment
  • 1 "thickie" PlayStation2. I acquired this to play with PS2 soft-modding and basic networked media applications. (eater)
  • 1 GameCube (dknowles)
  • 1 Original Nintendo (kive)
  • Several Speakers for Stereo System/Music/etc. (tronik) - DONATED ON 08/04/09
  • boombox until we get a better stereo (dr.kaos)
  • Jose Quervo shot cooler / machine, may need to convert to water cooler (sariel) - may need to convert to jaeger machine!
  • PS2 with two Red Octane dance pads -maybe this should be under nerd-gym equipment (dmm)
  • stereo receiver (dmm)
  • 500' spool of 24/2 speaker wire (dmm)
• Tools
  • Delta 36-430 Table Saw
  • Steel City Drill Press
  • CNC Mills and CNC Routers
  • Jigsaws
  • Circular Saws
  • Grinders and Cut-off Wheels
  • (Compound) Miter Saw
  • Power Drills and Hammer Drills
  • Porter Cable Scroll Saw
  • Delta Bench Grinder
  • Central Machinery Joiner
  • Craftsman Router 315-17300
  • Squirrel Cage shop fan
  • Busy Bee Lathe
  • Lincoln Electric Mig Welder
  • Hobart Stickmate Welder
  • Ridgid Air Compressor
  • AC Power Supplies and Transformers
  • Hexacopter and other RC Machines
  • Soldering Irons
  • 3D Printers
  • Incubator and BioLab
  • Chemistry Equipment
  • Heat Guns
  • CRT Monitors (esp. in arcade cabinets)
  • Propane Blowtorches
  • Sewing Machines
  • Extension Cords
  • Dremel Hand Tools
  • Jacks and Jack stands
  • Crucible
  • Kiln
  • 220v Industrial Air Compressor
  • Pair of heavy-duty jackstands (kive)
• Kitchen
  • 1 full size refrigerator
  • 1 full size refrigerator needing a vehicle to move it in (dmm)
  • 1 microwave (Sarah)
• Antennae & Dishes
  • 1 18dBi 2.4GHz sector antenna w/ approx 75' of low-loss LMR-400 cable + N-connectors :) (eater)
  • Ku-band satellite dish, FTA receiver (rjhatl
• Books
  • Lots of books. Maybe we should just post a picture...
• Lab ware
  • a few boxes of glass lab ware (flasks, beakers, graduated cylinders, ...) (dmm)

Equipment we can Lend

Items that we are willing to lend on a temporary basis or make available when needed but not donate.

If you borrowed an item, please note it here: Equipment sign out sheet. (TODO: Post link)

• 36" wide inkjet plotter (jweiler)
• Hand-held jigsaw (eater)
• Heavy duty compound double bevel mitre saw (cjr)
• Shop Vac wet/dry (dub)
• Chumby (daeken)
• SP3Dev FPGA dev board (daeken)
• Roku Player - Netflix streaming for chillaxing area (kive)
• Fish Tank for baby fishies or even large killer whales (tronik) (kive has one or three 50+ gal tanks that may be available, also)
• 12" double bevel mitre saw (dmm)
• router (dmm)
• sawzall (dmm)
• circular saw (dmm)
• drill (dmm)
• 2 microscopes - possible donation if utility is there (dmm)

Equipment we want

Stuff that would be nice to have, but isn't necessarily a necessity.

• A laser cutter
• Drill bits and consumables
• Some hacker spaces, most notably c-base, have a considerable amount of work put into "ambiance"... artistic (and electronic) enhancement to the space. I would love do likewise. It means we'll need paint and lighting supplies, though. (eater)
  • tronik's girlfriend paints murals/other artistic environments, also believe duckie said his lady could work on this as well (tronik)
  • I have a couple artist friends who would love to come play with our blank walls.
• CNC machine(jweiler)
• Wood working equip. (jweiler)
• Metal working Equip. (jweiler)
• Laser (preferable attached to the cnc) (jweiler)
• Stove/Oven, Fridge, Freezer, liquid nitrogen, molecular gastronomy /foodhacking stuff
• ginormous LED boards (smaller ones too)
• old microwaves (the coils in them are handy for a ton of stuff!) (1NF0)

welders ("cheap" arc, MIG, TIG, spot) (1NF0) Two Post Car Lift