After lunch the participants arrived and got to know each other and the tasks of the 2 days workshop. The idea is to build a bunch of CNC milled toolboxes and design specific inlays for the various tools that have to be stored into them. Next to this handy organizers which will be made to show the use of digital tools, we also want to build 3 carts to store the toolboxes and the table saw. These carts will be build with powertools and hand sketched drawings. So a good mixture of skills and techniques to learn and practice.
The participants who came from various backgrounds like architecture students, consultants, but also a orthopedical surgeon jumped into the cold water immedeately and started to design the inlays while a first group started to assemble the first boxes.
Everything went quite quick and we closed the day with a lecture from Marcel about the course, the projects his students build and why failure is always an option within the Bucky Lab.
A little side note : Safety is always our biggest concern and finding a simple old school hand circular saw in the tool chest of the Fab Lab we felt a bit unsecure and called the headquater from festool spain who is located in the area close to the airport - Honestly we did not thought it would be possible, but 3 hours later a festool plunge saw ( our beloved TS55 ) arrived with guiding rails and a vacuum cleaner ...Thanks to festool spain for the quick help - we will bring the machine back in clean conditions !
