Saskatoon Techworks Meeting
— Time and Location —
- Tuesday, October 8, 2019 7pm
- Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E
Minutes
- Attendance: 7 (Non-Quorum)
- Regular Items
- Equipment, Safety and the Space
- Check fire extinguishers
- Quick Clean
- Equipment check
- Previous meeting minutes
- September 10, 2019
- Exiting Members
- Michael Jack
- Finances
- Gross profit: $3,500.64
- Includes $40.00 of donations
- Ordinary expenses: $2842.16
- Net income: $658.46
- Liabilities: $1027.55
- Could we cover our liabilities? Yes
- Are our accounts being taken care of promptly? Yes
- We are in the black!
- 56 full and 2 associate members
- Social events / group projects
- Small talk / Show and Tell
- October 22 - Mena on plastic recycling
- Future Workshops / events
- October 10 - Basic Lathe training, available in store $50
- October 17 - Advanced Lathe training
- OMIO training is in the store
- Purchase and then contact Scott to set up a time
- Newsletter sign up - talk to Mena
- workshops
- events
- projects
- upcoming info
- Old Business
- Utilizing existing space
- Taylor working on reorganizing dirty room
- general layout made need to move equipment around
- More info to follow
- Equipment repairs
- Laser
- laser tube power level not up to spec (about what old tube was)
- pursuing options for warranty
- Torban is disputing it and has another tube coming on a seacan that he may be willing to sell to techworks
- Expanding into front (Michelle's) area
- negotiations still ongoing
- may need to buy supplies for room divider
- build shelves with a cover
- To Do List
- remove from list
- Add to list
- 2-step stool
- assign from list
- if a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
- thespace@sktechworks.ca
- New business
- Planer assembled but not tuned
- please do not use yet
- Reminder not to leave tools out
- if you leave tools out that you have brought from home they may end up going through purgatory
- Open Floor
- James needs help bringing the new table saw to the space. Contact him.
- Taylor priced out a stick welder
- $650 including a extension cord to run it out back
- Revisit in the spring
- If anyone has any ideas on a new tool for the space or have a tool they would like to donate, contact Taylor
- ~10sq ft of space available
- wood planer has been suggested
- Acknowledgements
- Members giving tours to visitors (Taylor, Kevin, Scott)
- Scott for dealing the front space
- John for helping Bun-Bun pull cable
- Bun-Bun for helping John pull cable
- Scott mounting camera in the store
- Bun-Bun for hooking up the camera in the store
- Next Meeting - November 12, 2019
- Purgatory box