Member Meeting Minutes for November 20, 2013
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- Attendees:
- Scott^2
- Chad
- Jeff
- Eli
- Dan
- Gene
- Tom
- Geno
- Doug
- Called to order at:
7:45pm
New Members
Recent Events
- Thursday Nov 14: Hard drive rescue talk - Chad Hosted
Upcoming Events
- Thursday Nov 21: Robot Operating System - Gabe MOVED
- Thursday Nov 28: Turkey Day! - No Event
- Thursday Dec 12: Miracle Berries
- Thursday Dec 14: Into to Arduino Programming
- Thursday Dec 19: Shop show and tell
- Thursday Dec 26: Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah! - No Event
Potential Thursday Night talks/events
- Shop Show-and-Tell (Quarterly)
- Finite State Machines
- Game nights (Artemis or otherwise?)
- Rube Goldberg Machine
- Build your own h-bridge
- Object oriented software development
- Sketchup
- Reverse engineering
- Stepper motor hack challenge
- Anyone?
Unscheduled Classes
- Welding class for members
- We now have a working welder. Gabe will find a time to schedule. Possibly a Saturday evening. Can handle 7-8 students. A few bucks for class materials and pizza.
- Ham radio test (Feb)
- Gene
- Intro to processing
- Windmill class
Learning Tracks
- Arduino Track:
- Learn to Solder (done)
- Intro Programming (Dec 14th)
- Diode Shield (Jan 18th)
- Sensors, sensors, sensors!
- Intro to Motor Control
- Advanced Motor Control
Shop Projects
- Window Lights project - lights in the windows!
- Gene is working on syncing the prototyping board with the outside display
- Need to add switch to toggle between board and lights
- Power wheels
- What do we need to be ready for new years?
- 006 needs new throttle
- Jeep needs controller installed (needs diode for controller protection)
- Next year car will be the Back to the Future Delorean!
- What do we need to be ready for new years?
- CNC Router
- Need to make an enclosure for the router.
- Need a computer with a parallel port, Pentium 3 or earlier.
- Chad Saw Zhen… she said she may have a laptop that may work.
- Setup e-stop for tools
- Gabe has parts, Chad will pick a day to set this up.
- Gabe and Chad to work on RFID control for tool area.
- Install outlets on main work table.
- Jeff needs clamps
- Geno is making signal generator for shop. Successfully generated a sinusoidal signal.
- Eli will implement some "random stuff" dispositioning systems.
Shop Updates
- WiiMote Whiteboard
- See Greg or Chad to show you how to hook it up!
- 3D Printer
- Bed has been aligned
- Will order Filament soon
- Workstation Added for 3-D Printer
- Soon we will be doing training on the 3-D Printer.
- TRAINING!!! Talk to Chad, Anthony or Eli!
- Pay System
- We will be using a Gram Scale for now. (Honor System)
- Pricing @ 5 cents a gram!.
- Should design fuser to joining filaments
- bit.ly/19HRt64
- Server Rack / Network
- Security cameras - Chad is in contact with Mike Wally in attempt to resolve the issues.
- Mugs - Gabe is the point of contact
- $15 each, $20 for mug personalized with text at bottom
- Misc Unused Tools In Shop
- Gabe selling mini-band saw, Punch tool and other misc.
- Other Options
- Garage sale in... (Wait till the weather breaks).
- Choose a date. Need to get advanced word out... (Wait till the weather breaks).
- Donate it to other places.
- Craigslist
- Garage sale in... (Wait till the weather breaks).
- Items:
- Metal punch (Junior)
- DVD duplicator (On Craigslist)
New Shop Projects
- DrawBot
- Window web interface
- Ideas?
Old Business
- New Hackerspace release forms!
- Everyone needs to sign this.
- At the beginning of next month, Whoever didn't sign this, your cards will be turned off.
- First Night Dahntahn
- Cars in parade
- HackPGH booth!
- Need volunteers
- EggBott
- Window Lights
- Buttons
- Ideas?
- First official “software roundtable" group meeting was 11/18/13
- How did it go?
- Project Parking Passes/Tickets
- Passes will be issued by Council members, allows project to take floor space for limited time
- Tickets will be issued to abandoned property, will be removed after period of time
New Business
- Mini-MakerFaire Planning
- Chad to take over
- Laser Cutter (AKA Frickin Lasers!)
- Vote to buy!
- Jeff motions
- Tom Seconds
- Vote passes
- Vote to buy!
- Jeff proposes to make a "Ham Shack"
- Motion to table for Jeff to work out details
- Gene suggests participating at FIRST event at CalU, need to register by ~first week of march for volunteers
- Jeff motions to fund MAKE from shop funds, shop agrees
Move to Adjourn:
Chad @ 8:51