Regular Member Meeting 20150212

This meeting will be held in MIBS SRC3 format.

Time, location

20:00, Dallas Makerspace

Approval of prior minutes

Prior minutes

Officer/Committee reports

Committee chairs are requested to provide their reports in writing. Reports can be short bullet-points.

Committee Chairs

• 3d Fabrication Committee - Lisa Selk
  • After many months of requests by members... Thanks to PolyPrinter, we now have a 3D Printer set up for printing flexible filament! The cost to use the filament provided by 3D Fab is $0.30/gram for the NinjaFlex. A quick five minute one-on-one training is required before using it. A list of Flexible Filament Printer Trainers is located on the wiki here: https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/3DFab-Members-RolesAndAuthorizations#3D_Fab_.22Flexible_Filament_Printer.22_Trainers
  • Thanks to Ian making arrangements with a friend of his, two nice PCs were recently donated to the 'Space to be used as Design PCs. They are both located in the 3D Fab Room, and currently have a handful of programs installed. If you have a design related application that is free to use; but, not yet installed, please let me know. I am looking into putting Adobe Creative Cloud "Complete" on one of the two new PCs.
  • Two of the three cameras for the printers work; but, I don't have them running yet - because I want to wait until I can get the third one replaced and working properly. Once I get a replacement that works with the software I'll be using, we will finally have streaming video (no sound) of what is printing on our 3D printers!
  • I have put a request on the upcoming Board of Director's meeting to request (at least) one more PolyPrinter. Please make a point to show up for the meeting if at all possible to show support for the request.
  • Justin, Alex, Kent, and ??? have been working on the 3D Fab (and Arts) tables. Both rooms should have some shiny new tables in place very soon! (THANKS, Y'all!)
• Amateur Radio Committee - Benjamin Groves
  • Finishing up design of antennas for roof, Materials will be ordered soon
  • Amateur Radio Technician Class is underway, with a General Class following in April
    • People can still attend the Technician class and get caught up
• Aerospace Committee - Romeo Espana
• Automotive Committee - Brandon Green
  • Lemons race car is running and looking good for the race, which is coming up fast on Feb 27 - March 1 @ Eagles Canyon Raceway
  • Weekly build days have been good for teaching skills and getting people involved, for instance recently taught basic welding skills to team members
  • Have been stocking up on tools / improvements to auto area as work is progressing on car
• Bio Committee - Andrew Floyd
• Civic Hacking - Stephen Wylie
• Classroom Committee - Gus Reiter
• Creative Arts Committee - Haley Moore
• Electronics Robotics Committee - Ken Purcell
  • The Electronics Room is staying pretty clean. THANKS for the many people who are helping to keep it tidy!
  • We now have a label maker and starting to get the parts boxes labeled.
  • Several members are working leads to get equipment discounted/donated - Virtual Bench, etc.
  • We plan to order our long awaited gear on Friday: o-scope, function generator, LCR meter, ESR meter.
  • Will be redoing shelving this month to make the parts boxes more accessible.
• Financial Committee - Benjamin Groves
  • January financials have been processed (one or two minor touch-ups left)
  • Financial reports posted to Board Meeting Page, and activity reports sent to a set of committee chairs
• Foundry Committee - John Kuhlenschmidt
  • Having on the Feb 28 10-2pm
  • Introduction to Pottery - Will discuss the construction techniques for pottery and a video.
  • - After the classroom part will do some hands on throwing.
  • - For more details see the Events calendar or the Makerspace Foundry wiki page.
• Laser Committee - William Petefish
• Machine Shop Committee - Bryan Gangwere
• Operations and Facilities Committee - Andrew LeCody
• Public Relations Committee - Steve Blanchard
• VECTOR Committee - Nick Schell
  • Diving into SS (Solid State) pinball machines. We have 3 SS pinball machines in VECTOR right now and they are in all levels of repair. If you want to learn about rebuilding molex connectors or chasing down electrical issues, the time is now.
  • On February 21 we are hosting a full virtualized pinball machine. This is like a MAME arcade cabinet, but for a pinball machine. Link to VirtuaPin Event
  • We are continuing our efforts to find project candidates for DMS Members. If your interested in dipping your toe into the world of pinball, check out "Cheap Pinball Finds," in the talk forums. Cheap Pinball Finds Link
  • TPF (Texas Pinball Festival) is coming up, March 27-29. This is a must see event where we join in to bring hundreds of pinball machines together and set them all to free play. Every person that brings a machine gains a 3 day pass for FREE. So if your looking for a project, get started now and reap the rewards of pinball.
  • Vector is coming to VECTOR. Nick Schell found a Vector pinball machine, the machine which inspired the name of the committee. It should be at the DMS in the next week or two. Make sure to come by and see it.

Texas Pinball Festival Link

• Workshop Committee - Alex Rhodes
  • CNC router came in since last meeting. Working on a curriculum and hope to have the first guinea pig classes at the beginning of March.
  • Wood Shop received a $5K grant and has spent it on various tools. We now have a Festool Track Saw and Domino setup along with a scroll saw that has yet to be delivered.
  • We have wood shop 101 courses fairly regularly and suggest all new members take that course to familiarize yourself with our wood shop.
  • Every other Tuesday Chris Morgan teaches more focused classes, Next Tuesday is a class on finishing and grain filling.
  • Will Probably start another group project Mid March after focus isn't geared so much towards the CNC Router

Agenda

Note: The normal cut-off time for agenda items is the Sunday prior at 11:59pm.

Minutes

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