==== Time and Location ==== * Tuesday, January 9, 2018 7pm * Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E * [[meeting:November_14_2017 | Previous meeting minutes]] (please read ahead of time) == Agenda == * Attendance: 11 members (Quorum) * Regular items * Equipment, Safety and the Space * Check fire extinguishers * Quick Clean * Equipment check * Previous meeting minutes * Accepted as read unanimously * New Membership * Paul Titman * no objections * Finances * James read a summary of the finances * Profit of $ * Expenses of $ * Net Income of $ * Could we cover our liabilities? Yes * Are our accounts being taken care of promptly? Yes * We are in the black! * Social events / group projects * Small talk / Show and Tell * Jan 23 - Albert La TinkerCAD * Future Workshops / events * Jan 13 - Soap Making * Feb 15 - Fusion 360 * Feb 17 - Winter Social * Electronics/Arduino * May 26 - MakerFaire - Prairie Exhibition - Hall C * Volunteers * setup/takedown * gets a pass to go check out the rest of the faire * Projects * Call for projects, bring anything cool you have worked on * Al - Mech Collab project * Al/Leah - Music box project * Kinect Sandbox * Battle Bots * Lighter/more robust bots * Looking for volunteers to run * Might be a need for more booths to be filled * Anyone who is willing to have their own booth is encouraged to let us know * June 2 - Open House (Post MakerFaire) * Sheet on vendonator for suggestions on on workshops and past workshops that have been done at the space * Outside Collaborations * SPL - haven't heard and more, might have fallen through. Currently in limbo * Acknowledgements * Rylan for more tools and equipment improvement * Bun-Bun and Scott for setting up space heaters when furnace quit * Members who donated towards MakerFaire sponsorship * Scott, Roger, Andrew, James, John, David, Quentin, Verne, Peter, Albert * Scott for setting up an invoice system for the store * James for counting $48 in change * New business * Door propping * Do not leave door open longer than absolutely necessary * Lets cold air in, heat out * Security concern members when members are not in the clean room/library and do not notice when unwelcome visitors come in * Al got a door bell for when members are expecting visitors instead of needing to leave the door open * Reminder - do not leave equipment unattended * Laser cutters, 3D Printers, lathe, etc. are dangerous machines and can cause damage to the space or injury/death to operators * Turn off when finished * Rylan stuff * Mounted fire extinguisher in hall way up stairs * Printed off logo for Nathan and placed it up stairs - by the lights that he is sponsoring the community green screen space with. * Built movable tailstock, as part of rotary attachment, and submitted a web site write up. * Created wiring harness for Goliath to use rotary attachment * Will need training to use * Issues with rapid Zs - need new profile for when using the rotary * Open s cad script for calculating steps per inch hack for any circumference * Z rapid and safe z setting in aspire, don't know how to change the go to zero button height in mock 3 * Brought a metal trolley for the welder , its easy to roll outside and its metal so it wont start on fire like the table * Brought welding stuff, angle magnets, hammer, ground magnet, extra wire * Found lathe with stripped t bolts..... reminder when you break the lathe if you not sure how to fix it leave a sticky note.. the lathe can often fix its self. * Made new t-bolts for the lathe and made an extra set. * Made a power cross feed drill attachment for the lathe * Made tiny drill bit tool for lathe * Vice maintenance: * Lathed a collar so that the handle no longer jams against the body of the vice * Straightened out a bent pin ( rotation movement clamp) * Tightened mounting bolts * Tightened bolt loading acme nut ( now the vise isn't sloppy and loose) * Greased all the ways and the acme thread * Made a power feed attachment so you can move the vise with a drill * Helped the land lord Jeff with the neighbors door, and talked to him about the kiln - he said as long as its to code and we pay for the electrical work we can do it * Forge - landlord said yes as long as its only out side we can do it ( then Jeff told me about how he has cast a brass fish he caught) * Welding table out side - Jeff said Yes to this and offered to bring his metal welding table. He did bring it its out side and need legs * Offered to install window that land lord brought * Brought a new tool wind up spring maker * Jared notified me that the table saw fence was loose * Upon investigation i found that it was bent and missing a bolt * Bought a new bolt kit, replaced bolt * Strengthen out bent part of fence .. now the fence is good * Jared notified that the miter saw was not cutting 90 when set to 90 adjusted it and now its cutting square. Note Miter saw is very dull * Made up a computer fan and pipe to blow warm air on frozen pipes in kim space ( freeing up our vacuum ) * Found the drill press vise acme thread to be bent... me an bob straightened it and cleaned up the ways and added a missing bolt to the vise works good again * After, found a better vice covered and device and put that one in place * Printed off sign up papers for workshops list and suggested courses * Reminder to contact thespace@sktechworks.ca about equipment that is broken or needs maintenance * Please leave a note to tell others not to use the equipment * If you are planning to do a lot of cutting, purchase a blade appropriate for what you are doing * Next Meeting - February 13, 2018 * AGM - March 13, 2018 * Equipment, Safety and the Space * Check fire extinguishers * Quick Clean * Equipment check * Purgatory box * Motion to adjourn accepted unanimously