04/21/2015
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Contents
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 - Outdoor seating & tables
- Josh - Lightweight frame tubing
- Herman - 1/2", 3/4" conduit pipes
- Divinity - 8 AA battery holders, snap clips
Space Upgrades
- More lighting added to the woodshop
- 4 whiteboards installed
- People counter at the front door
Space Downgrades
- 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 5/4 @ 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 - 5/21
- Bring a project, learn to sew!
- Drone Meetup - 4th Thursday - 4/23 @ 8 PM
- Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
- Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 5/21
- 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)
- Compete in Engineering, Arts, & Extreme Sports events & contests!
- Contact Josh for more info!
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/LouEAE/
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
- SUNDAY
- Game Dev Group (4/26)
- All game dev projects welcome! Collaborate with other teams or start your own!
- Check http://gamedevlou.org/ for meeting announcements!
- Game Dev Group (4/26)
Upcoming Workshops and Events
- MakerPlace Kids Group (MakerPlace @ Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana)
- http://www.gskentuckiana.org/Pathways/The-MakerPlace.aspx
- For boys & girls ages ~3rd grade to 8th grade with adult supervision
- May Events
- Open Meeting & Making - 5/7
- Let's Make a Thing Workshop - 5/9
- Skill-Building Workshop - 5/23
- April Makership Application Deadline - 4/30 @ 11:59 PM
- Apply for a 3 month membership and $100 stipend toward your project
- See more information at http://www.lvl1.org/makership/
- 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
- VEX Robotics Team from China visited LVL1!
- Spent 3 hours at the space observing the space in order to build a space at Xi'An
- Ben is trying to get bios for participating in Maker reality TV show
- Jared repurposed a Target night stand into a record player!
- Jared is also turning a vintage telephone into a lamp
- Ben is starting a new project; building a "multi axis vice" with a bowling ball and brake discs
- Needs metal and help
Meeting Notes
- Attendance: ~25
- Meeting Start: 8:02 PM
- Meeting Stop: 8:32 PM
- Dinner: Ben made drumsticks, hot dogs, and baked beans
- Tour Guide: Danielle
- Notes Taken by: Nathan