Facilities at DIY Club

I want this to be a place for the non-conformists, the brave, the trend setters, a.k.a the insane.

A place for the common man with a lot of ideas but limited resources, people with spunk, people who ‘walk the talk’ and people who have billion dollar ideas but not the billion dollars.

A place with a full fledged, workshop and lab (with constant upgradation) housed in a geodesic dome. All this for you to tinker around and give that idea of yours a shape. No idea or concept will be frowned upon. The zanier the better.

Set among several acres of land, the DIY club will be bifurcated into recreational and DIY areas. Laid out to offer you ample privacy and encourage the uninitiated to be themselves and experiment without the fear of failure or ridicule. Crash, burn, explode. Fail and learn. All you will hear is applause and encouragement

Here you can work on metal, wood, acrylic. fiberglass etc. Cut, weld, solder, turn, mill, carve, etch, spray paint, fabricate, polish and do a lot of other things. Repair an heirloom, restore an antique car, build a chopper bike, design a para glider or invent something new from scratch.

Begin with a seed: An idea is all it needs. Each member should be more than willing to offer advise & assistance if you are not familiar with machines or have never handled a project independently.

We will have trained machine operators who will help you start off.

The following is a (partial) list of equipment.

(#) Already procured

Power tools:

1. Router with full set of bits (#)
2. Circular saws (#)
3. Planer / jointer (#)
4. Compound Miter saw
5. Lathe
6. Milling machine
7. Arc welder (#)
8. Sheet bending machine
9. Drill guns — hand held / pedestal / cordless (#)
10. Orbital sanders (#)
11. Grinder / cutter (#)
12. Glue gun (#)

Power tool accessories:

1. Cutting / working / assembly tables (#)
2. Spade bits / auger / hole cutters (#)
3. Full set metal / woodworking drill bits (#)
4. ‘c’ clamps— 9” , 6” and 4” (#)
5. 14 custom made jigs for various jobs (#)

Hand tools:

1. Planes—9”, 3” and 2” (#)
2. Chisels—vanadium tipped—1”, 3/4”, 1/2”, 1/4” (#)
3. Hacksaws (#)
4. Scroll saws (#)
5. Sheet metal nibblers (#)
6. Hand saws (#)
7. Files—triangle, flat, half round, round (#)
8. Rasps (#)
9. Mallets / Hammers (#)
10.Pliers—finger, nose, locking, gas (#)
11.Pipe wrenches (#)
12. Hand drill (#)
13. Socket Wrench (full 49 pc set) (#)
14. Honing stone (#)
15. Stapling Machine (#)
16. Vises (#)

Measuring Tools:

1. Vernier Calipers (#)
2. 2’ super accurate Square (#)
3. 1’, 2’, 3’, 4’ metal rulers (#)
4. Bubble levels (#)
5. Plumb bob (#)
6. Compass (#)
7. Protractor / dividers (#)
8. Contour tracer (#)
9. Bevel square (#)
10. Tube level (#)
11. Multi meters (#)

Metal Working:

1. Pipe and sheet cutters (#)
2. Pipe and sheet bending jigs(#)
3. Gas cutters and welders (#)
4. Grinders (#)
5. Shears and snippers (#)
6. Chemical coloring (#)
7. POP riveting tools (#)
8. Clamps and vises (#)
9. Mini kiln
10. Smithy / blacksmith shop

Safety:

1. First aid kit (#)
2. Fire extinguishers (#)
3. Aprons (#)
4. Gloves (#)
5.Safety glasses (#)

NOTE: There is still quite a lot of work pending. I will be posting the progress regularly.

WASTE NOT WANT NOT

We welcome donations in kind. Don't throw that old mixie or iron box or motor or engines or scrap metal or tools or toys.

In short, anything you don't want,

we do.