08/25/2015
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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!
Shout Outs
- Thank you Aaron who cleaned the workbenches
- Thank you Ben & Liz for the smell of bacon
- Thank you Gerard for showing our guests how to use the laser cutter
Equipment and Supplies Wanted
- Charles - Looking for above ground portable pool (15 ft diameter and hold water, 1-2 ft tall)
Space Upgrades
- Patrick used line converters to make the sound system sound good while turned down low
- Thank you Bill for installing the new tub sink!
- Please everyone keep the sink empty
Space Downgrades
- Table Saw
- Makerbot Replicators
- Printrbot files being edited
- 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 8/31 @ 8pm)
- TUESDAY
- Learn-a-Thing Workshops (Tuesday 6pm)
- Learn how to use a tool at LVL1 before the meeting (informal setting; great for first-timers!)
- LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
- Learn-a-Thing Workshops (Tuesday 6pm)
- WEDNESDAY
- Mednesday @ 7 PM
- Learn LVL1's equipment from the inside out by helping repair and maintain tools
- This week's focus: 3D printers
- CANCELLED THIS WEEK
- MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 9/2 @ 7pm)
- Mednesday @ 7 PM
- THURSDAY
- Tiny House Meeting - Random Thursdays @ 7 PM
- Help build a tiny house and teach the community home improvement skills
- Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 9/17
- Bring a project, learn to sew!
- Drone Meetup - 4th Thursday - 8/27 @ 8 PM
- Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
- Tiny House Meeting - Random Thursdays @ 7 PM
- 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 often placed at 7:30 pm (~$7/person)
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
- SUNDAY
- Game Dev Group
- All game dev projects welcome! Collaborate with other teams or start your own!
- Check http://gamedevlou.org/ for meeting announcements!
- Game Dev Group
Upcoming Workshops and Events
- Cincinnati Mini Maker Faire - 8/29 & 8/30
- Make-vention in Bloomington, IN - 8/29
- Louisville Mini Maker Faire - 9/19, 11 AM to 6 PM
- Call for Makers is OPEN!
- http://makerfairelou.org
- DerbyCon - 9/23 thru 9/27
- Hacker & computer security conference
- Inventor Con 2015 - 10/6
- Hosted by Central Kentucky Inventors Council in Lexington
- Surface-mount TV-B-Gone workshops!
- By appointment, with Charles, $25, 2 hour time commitment.
- Stupid Sh!t No One Needs and Terrible Ideas Hackathon - 10/10 thru 10/11
- Show corporate how it's done by building useless things for fun!
- Beth's Women in Stem Meetup
- Date & Time Unknown
- 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
- Charles' has upgraded his LVL1 blinky badge. V2 success.
- David recaps Game Jam. Check out David's game.
- Jared now has Tom's Vending Machine working wirelessly using Raspberry Pi
- Danielle went to TechFest with the Maker Mobile, 3D printed some jewelery for the occasion
- Ben made some props for a Star Trek production, actually on film!
- Gary built an "Ant Farm" coin acceptor for Tom's Vending Machine
Meeting Notes
- Attendance: ~30
- Meeting Start: 8:03 PM
- Meeting Stop: 8:33 PM
- Dinner: Ben, Beth, and Weiz made grilled cheese with bacon and other pieces
- Tour Guide: Raj
- Notes Taken by: Nathan