<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I lost interest in owning a pick-and-place after I found out that I could get my 120x200mm board, with about 150 PTH and SMT parts completely assembled for about US$15/each, at a local shop.<br><br>
</div>The PnP isn't going to be like a laser cutter, where anyone that takes a 1-hour class will be able to set it up quickly and have good results. It requires a good amount of fiddling, and it's probably not worth it for very small runs of stuff.<br>
<br></div>That being said, if you have a couple of "champions" who want to make lots and lots of stuff and are willing to "take ownership" of the machine and it's reels, magazines, etc then it might be a good deal for you.<br>
<br>Arclight<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Kan . <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kan@uddf.net" target="_blank">kan@uddf.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">echoing this to here for some opinions..<div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<div><div><div>Hello All,<br><br></div>Was wondering if you could help me out?<br><br></div>
1. Does anyone else in Canada <or not canada> have a Pick n' Place at their space?<br></div>2. Is a Pick n' Place on the wish list of your Hacker/Makerspace?<br><br></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We're looking at making some decisions about the Pick n' Place machine at Protospace, I would like our decision to be an informed one.</span><br>
</div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">3. any other comments on pick and place machines in spaces like usage vs floor space/etc?</span></div>
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