EP#367: Vapor Wave Reflow

MEP EP#367: Vapor Wave Reflow

News

• May 4th, Bringing back the MacroFab meetup.

Question From slack: Eric Smith

• How do you find new machines for the factory lines?
• Google
• Youtube
• Vendors
• Resellers
• Do you guys get mailed catalogs?
• Auctions yes. New machines no
• Do you go to conferences?
• I have been but never to purchase a machine
• if you find something which could be potentially good, how do you evaluate it? Is there something like a trial period with the manufacturer?
• Research is key. Evaluation is difficult to do.
• Do you have an examples of machines you purchased but regret? Or examples of machines that helped a lot?
• Mimaki Printer
• Stencil printer
• Datron CNC
• Direct question
• I'd also be curious if you prefer to keep homogenous lines or do you prefer to optimize some lines to a particular task, i.e. Less precise but more throughput. I can come up with good arguments either way. It sounds like you all keep things pretty dynamic and reconfigure fairly often.