04/14/2015

From LVL1
Revision as of 19:07, 21 April 2015 by Divinityrose (talk | contribs) (→‎Equipment and Supplies Wanted)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

First time Visitor Info

  • Prime Directive: Be Excellent to Each Other
  • Waivers of Liability - Please sign if you have not already
  • Our website / calendar is www.lvl1.org
  • Sign up for our Google Group discussion list
  • You can find all of our Meeting Minutes on our wiki: wiki.lvl1.org
  • Culture of Cleanliness
  • Minors must be attended by Parent/Guardian!

Equipment and Supplies Wanted

  • Tim - 5 gallon water barrels
  • Space - Big rolling toolbox for Tekton Tools
  • Chris - Needs help making prop laser gun model & 3D printing
  • Space - Outdoors seating & tables
  • Josh - lightweight frame tubing
  • Herman - 1/2 in conduit pipes
  • Divinity - 8 AA battery packs, snap connectors for battery packs - i will pay for them

Space Upgrades

  • Second electronics workstation built
  • Swapped electronic component shelves with LVL1 space supplies shelves
  • Installed power drop in wood shop
  • Received insulation donation from KSC
  • Central air compressor now operational
  • Say hello to our little friend, new 3D printer: Tony Montana (ZPrinter 310)
    • Thank you Jones Plastic!
  • New acrylic cement (very poisonous!). Don't breathe the vapors or eat it...
  • SmartTV donation from Hackathon
    • Replaced CAD station monitors; old CAD station monitors installed in main room
  • Haxster has a new online community for hackerspaces to post their projects

Space Downgrades

  • New 3D printer, Tony Montana, requires lots of work & maintenance; stay tuned
  • Johnny 5 replacement board in. Replacement in progress
  • The quickest way to get something fixed is to let us know that it is broken! Send broken equipment reports to broken@lvl1.org
    • This includes supplies like drill bitses and soap!

Regular Meetups

  • MONDAY
    • Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 4/27 8pm)
    • Mend It Monday (the other fortnightly Mondays, next 4/20 @ 7 PM)
      • Help LVL1 repair broken equipment & learn the equipment from the inside out
      • Contact Nathan for more details
  • TUESDAY
    • LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
  • WEDNESDAY
    • MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 5/6 @ 7pm)
  • THURSDAY
    • Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 4/16
      • Bring a project, learn to sew!
    • Drone Meetup - 4th Thursday - 4/23 @ 8 PM
      • Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
  • FRIDAY
    • Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
      • Watch a terrible movie and ignore your project! Or maybe work on your project and ignore a terrible movie... The choice is yours.
      • Group Pizza order placed at 7:30 pm (~$7/person)
    • Louisville EAE (6pm)
  • SUNDAY

Upcoming Workshops and Events

  • MakerPlace Kids Group (MakerPlace @ Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana)
  • VEX Robotics Championships - 4/16 thru 4/18
    • Watch 800 teams compete in various robotics competitions
    • At the fairgrounds in Louisville
  • Ludum Dare 32 - 4/17 @ 7 PM thru 4/19 @ 7 PM
  • April Makership Application Deadline - 4/30 @ 11:59 PM
  • NEW Want to learn something new, get some equipment training, or host a workshop? Send email to learn@lvl1.org
    • Any one can be added to receive requests, just send email to learn@lvl1.org

Project Roll Call

  • Hack the Home Hackathon Recap
    • Bill P.'s team won third place with a project that watches Crockpots and allows the user to control the temperature remotely
    • Patrick, Ben, & Galen's son made locking doors for fridges, a bottle opener & cap collector on fridge handles, and a drill encoder to keep track of the number of rotations
    • Beverly worked on a team that made the hands free fridge; fridge opens up on touch when your hands are full
    • Herman was revolutionizing the microwave; made two smaller compartments for quicker cooking of two food items simultaneously
    • Weston's team put a sensor on a faucet that tells people when the faucet turns on
  • Divinity has promo codes for Lyft
    • Divinity also presents I, Divine Story - April 30; an art and technology exhibit
      • Submit your project to submissions.idivinestory.com and be eligible for a prize!
  • Monica from Hackster.io: place for makers to put their projects and show off
    • Looking to get hackerspaces involved; first to 20 projects get a prize!

Meeting Notes

  • Attendance: ~35
  • Meeting Start: 8:01 PM
  • Meeting Stop: 8:53 PM
  • Dinner: Ben made porkchops, grilled chicken, grilled potatoes, corn, etc.
  • Tour Guide: Danielle
  • Notes Taken by: Nathan