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+ | ==== Time and Location ==== | ||
+ | * Tuesday, January 9, 2018 7pm | ||
+ | * Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E | ||
+ | * [[meeting: | ||
+ | == 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? | ||
+ | * 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/ | ||
+ | * May 26 - MakerFaire - Prairie Exhibition - Hall C | ||
+ | * Volunteers | ||
+ | * setup/ | ||
+ | * 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/ | ||
+ | * 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' | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 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/ | ||
+ | * 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/ | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * 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 |