07/14/2015
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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 Patrick for refilling welding gas
- Thank you learn@lvl1.org team for answering the call of others to learn Arduino
- Thank you Cody for a massive amount of cleaning
- Thank you Jared for the mute switch and hanging W.O.P.E.R.
- Thank you Terry for improving the workshop
- Thank you Jared for Learn-a-Thing workshops
Equipment and Supplies Wanted
- Charles - Looking for above ground portable pool (15 ft diameter and hold water, 1-2 ft tall)
- How to make circuit boards with the CNC router
- Terry - Hardwood boards: cherry, walnut, maple, oak, etc.
- Historic wood working tools
- Bob - Needs help with video editing
Space Upgrades
- New space chairs!
- Giant Jose Shrine
- Bar area cleaned and organized
- Chemical closet now walk-in-able
- Paint shelf for paints
- Scrap wood area cleaned
- 2x4 rack built
- CNC machine enclosure built
- Patrick brought in a ring roller for metal shop
Space Downgrades
- Metal workshop left a mess, did not clean up project
- Scroll saw needs repaired
- Big laser cutter filter is no longer working
- 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 7/20 8pm)
- Mend It Monday (the other fortnightly Mondays, next 7/13 @ 7 PM)
- Help LVL1 repair broken equipment & learn the equipment from the inside out
- TUESDAY
- Learn-a-Thing Workshops (Tuesday 6pm)
- Learn how to use a tool at LVL1 before the meeting
- Next Week Power Drill
- LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
- Learn-a-Thing Workshops (Tuesday 6pm)
- WEDNESDAY
- MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 7/8 @ 7pm)
- THURSDAY
- Tiny House Meeting - Every other Thursday @ 7 PM, next 7/9
- Help build a tiny house and teach the community home improvement skills
- Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 7/16
- Bring a project, learn to sew!
- Drone Meetup - 4th Thursday - 7/23 @ 8 PM
- Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
- Tiny House Meeting - Every other Thursday @ 7 PM, next 7/9
- 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
- LVL1's 5th Birthday Party - 7/11, 6:00 PM
- Louisville Youth Science Summit - 7/25
- Kentucky Science Center: hands-on programming; speed mentoring.
- Maker Faire Detroit - 7/25 & 7/26, 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM each day
- A Detroit Maker Faire is not complete without LVL1's (in)famous presence!
- Show off your wares and earn hacker street cred
- July Makership Application Deadline - 7/31 @ 11:59 PM
- Apply for a 3 month membership and $100 stipend toward your project
- See more information at http://www.lvl1.org/makership/
- DEFCON - 8/6-8/9 @ Las Vegas.
- Contact Charles to arrange LVL1 presence.
- Cincinnati Mini Maker Faire - 8/29 & 8/30
- Louisville Mini Maker Faire - 9/19, 11 AM to 6 PM
- 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.
- 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
- Pat M. is working on getting a Battlebots team together. Contact him.
- Someone is working on a 3D scanner for the 3D printers. Needs a raspberry pi
- Chris has code for W.O.P.E.R. on github and invites anyone
- Jared is working on a coin acceptor for the Tom's Vending Machine
- Daniel points out the videographers around the space. They are filming LVL1 for a grant opportunity
- Old space chairs are getting tossed this Sunday
- Charles is working on a blinky light with the LVL1 logo over it
- Calvin has been updating the boneyard tear down workbench
- Jose shows off his T-Rex head animated with servos
- Patrick got a bicycle wheel for his big wheel bike
Meeting Notes
- Attendance: ~50
- Meeting Start: 8:01 PM
- Meeting Stop: 8:49 PM
- Dinner: Ben made spaghetti and corn
- Tour Guide: Raj
- Notes Taken by: Nathan