— Time and Location —

• Tuesday, August 10, 2021 7:30pm
• Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E, and remote Zoom meeting
• Previous meeting minutes (please read ahead of time)

• Regular Items
• Attendance : 7 onsite, 3 offsite

• Previous meeting minutes
  • July 13, 2021 (Non quorom)
  • June 8, 2021
  • Seconded by Taylor
    • Accepted unanimously as read with corrections

• New Members
  • Casey McMahon
    • 2nd year Comp Eng Student
    • No objections to having as a member
  • Jason Baert
    • Interested in larger forge design
    • No objections to having as a member
• Exiting Members?

• Finances
  • James not here, currently finishing, nothing unique to report

• Social events / group projects
  • Future Workshops / events
    • Burgers and Board games - Friday August 13
      • $10 for burgers, chip and pop at 6pm, games at 7pm
      • info on Techworks website, email Scott so he has count of how many burgers
    • Amy is hosting several workshops
    • Maker Camp for ages 9-12 - Aug. 9-13, Aug, 23-27 - 12-4 pm/day
    • Vinyl Cut, build and paint a sign - August 27 & 28 - 6-9 pm
    • Rylan hosted a few workshops (welding, blacksmithing lathe)
      • Concrete pad w/ log was installed to hold anvil
      • Forge was left in the middle of yard for a few days

• Newsletter sign up - Newsletter
  • workshops, events, projects, upcoming info - newsletter@sktechworks.ca

• Old Business
  • Equipment
    • New laser cutter - in slow progress
    • laser engraving lens broken - parts order - most likely caused by over tightening the housing
      • Housing for the lense stack was overtightened? adding some o-rings to prevent overtingtened. parts scheduled to arrive any day
    • air distribution and vac piping - air distribution is almost complete, vac piping to occur later
      • James Chamberlain working on it. About 90% complete. Cost+Scope increased a bit. Was going to get back with a price.
    • belt sander - investigating repair/replacement
      • Rylan was looking into this. May have purchased a replacement.
    • OMIO - looking into replacement part
      • Torban looking into it
    • reminder - if you use a tool, put it back after you are done
    • photon up and running - training required to use
      • James looked into it, new FEP screen, Aluminum plate?
      • Hadn't been cleaned properly, bed was gouged, suggest better training
    • Fire extinguisher for laser cutter is expired
      • Scott suggested it should be CO2 style, one there was some sort of slime and not ideal
  • Weavers guild
    • they are looking for permanent location so they can set up loom and hold workshops/meetings
    • possible solution is offering the back quarter of the soft room
    • need to approve a policy for affiliated clubs and adjust the keycard policy
      • John read and explained the club policy
      • John motioned to accept the policy as written
        • Roger seconded
        • Motion carries unanimously
  • Keycard Access Policy
    • No record of a motion and acceptance in records
    • Added an amendment for affiliate club regarding the ability to revoke a keycard for said affiliate club
      • Some concern with line 1. Removed “for any reason” from line
      • Minor grammar corrections
      • John motions to accept keycard access policy as amended
        • Taylor seconded
        • Motion carries unanimously
        • Printed to be signed

• To Do List
  • Add/Remove/Assign to list
  • Organize dirtyroom
  • James mostly finished solidoodle upgrades

• If a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
  • thespace@sktechworks.ca

• New business
  • Notice that the front door can have trouble closing. Please ensure that the door closes when you leave
  • new tool - reciprocating saw
    • new consumables - thanks snacks cash
  • new workspace - anvil stand in back yard for when blacksmithing/forge use

• Open Floor
  • Scott mentioned idea of a large cork board in the entrance.
  • Expressed interest in finding cheap cork underlayment from end of the roll
  • Torban will investigate 4x8ft sheet at windsor

• Acknowledgements
  • James Cooper for fixing the Anycubic Photon printer and training people on it.
  • James Cooper for work on the laser filter.
  • James Cooper for editing and publishing videos.
  • Rylan and Kevin for the “anvil stump”.
  • Jeff Fisher for donating the reciprocating tool.
  • Shane for oiling the manual mill.
  • Attendees to the Burger and Boardgames night, the proceeds of which allowed us to purchase upgraded software for the Silhouette.
  • Rylan, Amy, Scott, Kevin, Taylor, Brendan, and David, for running workshops and events.
  • Torban for gluing mitre saw dust bag together

• Next Meeting - September 14, 2021
• Chair Adjourned Meeting at 9:16

• Purgatory box