01/27/2015
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
- Vertical strawberry garden hangers
- Chris needs 12V mosfets & power control
- Herman needs Solidworks help
- Cherith needs Kinex
Space Upgrades
- Big laser is operational. Thanks Mark!
- Air lines being run throughout the space.
- Boneyard is open! Thank you Cody!
- More large project storage being provided
Space Downgrades
- Soldering station & woodshop mess :(
- 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!
Regular Meetups
- MONDAY
- Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 2/2 8pm)
- TUESDAY
- LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
- WEDNESDAY
- MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 2/4 @ 7pm)
- THURSDAY
- Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 2/19
- Bring a project, learn to sew!
- Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 2/19
- FRIDAY
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
- Host: ???
- Movie: Howard the Duck unless someone brings another terrible movie or finish Archer Season 5
- 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 (2/1)
- All game dev projects welcome! Collaborate with other teams or start your own!
- Check http://gamedevlou.org/ for meeting announcements!
- Game Dev Group (2/1)
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
- February Events
- Let's Make a Thing Workshop - 2/7
- Open Meeting & Making - 2/22
- January Makership Deadline - 01/31 @ 11:59 PM
- Snazz-Up-The-Space Hackathon - 2/6 @ 7 pm to 2/8 @ Noon
- Make the most useless yet pretty thing to add character to the space
- Two prizes to be awarded.
- Contact Patrick J.
- Touch Designer Workshop - 2/21 @ 1pm - 3pm
- Visual node based editor, works with Oculus Rift, Kinect, etc.
- Contact Jason or Brad
- LVL1 Wiki Create-a-thon - 2/21 starting at Noon
- Punch & pie provided
- Contact Sean McPherson for more info
- Lockpicking 101 - 2/28 @ Noon - 3 PM
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learn-to-lockpick-lvl1-tickets-15484620918
- Contact Adrian Crenshaw of http://www.irongeek.com/ and DerbyCon
- Warm Glass Workshop - 3/28
- Contact Pat McCarthy
- Charles yet-to-be-scheduled surface mount soldering workshop - TV-B-Gone Edition
- 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. Contact Nathan.
Project Roll Call
- Jared found a broken record player and is working on fixing it
- Jared is also working on an older / "princess" phone
- Joseph is working on life size Angry Birds for the Kentucky Science Center.
- Cody laser cut wood in tree shape, sprayed it with salt water, and applied 50,000V electric spark to create a nice visual effect on the wood
- Charles made a DMX/SPI to proprietary protocol adapter to interface with Adafruit LED strips
- Tammy has been volunteering with robotics team, looking for mentors with SolidWorks & engineering experience
Meeting Notes
- Attendance: ~45
- Meeting Start: 8:01 PM
- Meeting Stop: 8:28 PM
- Dinner: Michael made potato soup
- Tour Guide: Cody
- Notes Taken by: Nathan A.
- Upcoming Workshops & Events
- Jose is looking for people who know how to sew every Thursday.
