JOIN THE REVOLUTION
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Jens Dyvik’s Layer
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JOIN THE REVOLUTION
The CNC machine is more than the tool itself.
It’s part of the social network of designers, fab-
ricators, makers, entrepreneurs, and consum-
ers who use them. Today, there is a digital
fabrication ecosystem. If you have a desire to
share your designs or digital fabrication know-
how, it’s now easier than ever.
Share and Download Furniture
If you want to share a perfected joinery detail or
table design or are just looking for furniture
files to download, several platforms enable you
to distribute your work to a larger community.
100kGarages is a grass roots network of
designers, fabricators, makers, and consumers,
which enables any member to post CNC
designs for sharing. Similarly, OpenDesk is a
crowdsource-curated global platform for open
making that provides an online showroom for
designers of popular, tested, and validated fur-
niture designs to feature their work. You can
also follow our example, and develop your own
site for sharing design files.
Advertise Your Shop
If you’re an expert CNC fabricator, both FabHub
and 100kGarages can connect you with entre-
preneurs, designers, and local customers. Each
site allows you to post a profile with your loca-
tion, machine, and material capabilities, and
examples of your work. OpenDesk has also
taken significant steps in distributed manufac-
turing, organizing a network of fabricators who
are licensed to manufacture OpenDesk furni-
ture designs for local customers.
Get Your Idea Made
What if you’d like to employ a local digital fabri-
cator to make a product to your specifications?
If you have an idea or a digital file ready, you
can use FabHub to connect directly with local
workshops to bid the job. 100kGarages works
in a similar way, and also has a job posting
board for multiple bids. OpenDesk’s distributed
manufacturing network offers customers the
ability to have an OpenDesk design made
locally by a licensed fabricator.
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