After putting out to list of full members there was a great response on getting a fabfun set-up to buy some useful machinery for space.
On the initial list of things to buy are:
MakerBot http://store.makerbot.com/featured-products/cupcake-cnc-basic.html
Home Made CNC http://www.cncroutersource.com/homemade-cnc-router.html
RepRap http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome
Anything else people come up with Comments below on what you think.
Reprap