meeting:january_9_2017 [Saskatoon Techworks]

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==== 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
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