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* '''Summary'''
* '''Summary'''
* First Time Visitors
* First Time Visitors
** Happy April Fool's Day!!!
** Lots of new folks here tonight. Welcome!
* Equipment & Supplies Wanted
* Equipment & Supplies Wanted
** Divinity is looking for 3 inch PVC end caps
** Also looking for her hard drive again...
** Herman is looking for a cement mixer drill attachment or something small to mix concrete
** Daniel J. is offering up a working soda vending machine with broken change acceptor
** Cody is looking for some trucks/wheels for his skateboard
* Space Upgrades
* Space Upgrades
** Much applause for fixed laser cutter
** Bluegrass E-cycle is picking up electronics waste
* Space Downgrades
* Space Downgrades
** PLA makerbot is still down. It was working and then crapped out again...blech
** Planar is down too (but the belt is on the way!)
* Space Moving Updates
* Space Moving Updates
** WOOOOOO LEASE IS SIGNED!!!!
** Moving to 1224 Washington St.
* Regular Meetups
* Regular Meetups
** Sound Builders happening April 14
** Java Workshop happening April 23
** Drone Meetup happening April 24
** Movie night will be watching Conan or Roller Ball
** Red Creators renamed Louisville EAE
*** Apply for competitions that require engineering, art, and extreme sports
* Upcoming Workshops & Events
* Upcoming Workshops & Events
** Needing more workshops from folks. You can teach ANYTHING and we mean ANYTHING!!!!!
** Makership coming up (4/30)
* Project Roll Call
* Project Roll Call
** Mark E. is making cheap RC planes & drones
** Matt fixed a seagate hard drive and could do a "smart" reset using the TTL port.
** Someone remade a nerf gun by attaching a air compressor to it. Also added laser guide
** Josh looking for help with STL files using SketchUp, Solidworks, etc.
** Divinity took a LED rope light and wrote out "LOVE" with it
** Oculus camera is a powerful tool that must be respected! Be careful because pictures you take WILL show up on the Internet automatically!
** Benji is making a portable device to monitor air quality, especially for China.

Revision as of 21:31, 7 April 2014

First time Visitor Info

  • Prime Directive: Be Excellent to Each Other
  • PARK ONLY IN THE ORI LOT OR ON THE STREET
    • If you park in our neighbors private lot, they will block you in for fun.
  • 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

Equipment and Supplies Wanted

  • (Tim) - 1/4" copper fittings
    • 5 x 100 lb. Propane Tanks
    • 1/4" copper tubing at least 2' long.
    • posted 6/11/2013
  • (Josh) - Red Bull Cans.
    • Posted 10/22/2013
    • Two Mylar weather balloons or giant white spheres
    • Bernheim Connect talking tree.
    • Posted 3/11/2014
  • (Justin) - Looking for a plug-n-play game system for handheld conversion.
    • Posted 2/25/2014
  • (Patrick) - Unpainted, non-galvanized scrap metal for welding workshops.
    • Posted 2/25/2014
  • (Divinity) - PVC end-caps (3 in)
    • Posted 3/11/2014
  • (Herman) - Cement mixer drill attachment or something small to mix concrete
    • Posted 04/01/2014
  • (Cody) - Wheels/trucks for skateboard
    • Posted 04/01/2014
  • (Nathan A.) - Six identical stepper motors (or servos) for Stewart platform
    • Posted 04/08/2014

Space Upgrades

  • Wood shop air hose temporarily fixed (hose is slightly too big for the barb on the quick connect fitting)

Space Downgrades

  • Wood shop air hose needs permanent fix / correct fitting barb
  • Black light over by the soldering station dead & buried
  • PLA Makerbot is down
    • What needs to be done?
  • 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 toilet paper and soap!

Space Moving Update

  • Lease is signed! We're going public!

Regular Meetups

  • MONDAY
    • Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 4/14 8pm)
    • Rope Work and Vertical Caving (1st Monday of the Month next 5/5 @ 6pm)
    • Caving Special topics Meetup (3rd Monday of the Month next 4/21 @ 6pm)
  • TUESDAY
    • LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
  • WEDNESDAY
    • MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 5/7 @ 7pm)
    • KYOSS Monthly Meeting (2nd Wed of the Month 4/9 @ 6:30pm) http://kyoss.org/
    • Muddytech SIG (3rd Wed of the Month 4/16)
    • JSLou Meetup (3rd Wed of the Month 4/16) http://jslou.org/
    • Java Workshop (4th Wed of the Month 4/23 @ 7pm)
  • THURSDAY
    • Muddytech Computer training (6pm upstairs)
      • Looking for students
    • Sewing Workshop (3rd Thurs. of the Month @ 7pm, 4/17)
      • Bring in an unfinished project, start something new, learn and sew it up!
    • Drone Meetup (4th Thurs. of the Month @ 8pm, 4/24)
      • QUACC tickle your interest in Multirotors, UAVs, RC, or any other type of drone? Show up on the 4th Thursday!
  • FRIDAY
  • SUNDAY
    • Game Dev Group (2pm)
      • All game dev projects welcome! Collaborate with other teams or start your own!

Upcoming Workshops and Events

  • Patrick's Ongoing Welding Workshops
  • April Makership Deadline - 4/30 at 11:59pm
  • Prusa i3 Buildoff - May 31st - June 1st
    • Email Sonny Mounicou <sonny@mounicou.com> to sign up!
    • 15 slots max
    • $300 for i2->i3 Upgrade
    • $950 for DIY i3
    • $1450 for turnkey i3
  • Maker Faire Detroit - July 26 - 27

Project Roll Call

5 Minute Maintenance and Cleaning

Meeting Notes

  • Attendance: ~45
  • Meeting Start: 3 possum hairs past possum o'clock
  • Meeting Stop: 8:40
  • Dinner: Divinity & Charles made chicken salad sandwiches & potato soup w/ sausage & bacon
  • Tour Guide: Divinity
  • Notes Taken by: Nathan A.
  • Summary
  • First Time Visitors
  • Equipment & Supplies Wanted
  • Space Upgrades
  • Space Downgrades
  • Space Moving Updates
  • Regular Meetups
  • Upcoming Workshops & Events
  • Project Roll Call
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