Lately I’ve been printing out larger art pieces on color laser printers. I just tape the stuff together.
I guess I’d like to make big cardboard figures eventually (will have to glue them to cardboard backing and stand up)
Saw stuff like this at the old Rps
Here’s something from a carhart store in Berlin many years ago
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Hello Sudoers
I am happy to announce that I finally came full circle with my laser skills to be able to offer mentorship to Sudo Roomers.Â
I have been for several months taking my lasering from user on one machine to understanding multiple and some over-all skills, drilling down to what we have in our blessed upgraded "Chinese Red and Black" (!)(no really that is the open shared handle/keywords).Â
We have access to an amazing machine that just so happens to be one of the more common and reliable "off brand" (ie knock off of possibly "OmTech") machines), so sorta kinda open source (limited documentation). It has been upgraded I think to 100wso is actually more powerful that it was originally. It currently works fairly well.
After many hours and tears I discovered and rectified the Red and Black's cracked lense and mirror alignment issues that contributed to its past lack of power. (Always a work in progress)
I have been working with machine for about 2 months now wanting to share its baddass-ness, but needing to maintain and learn about the Queen.Â
I had been having trouble engraving to make it look better than a blasted out version or any pic. I am not able to generate a photographic quality engraving, but I am now finally able to make a metaphor of the original and also success with cutting 1/8 birchwood, 1/4 in MDF, acrylic, and 1/4 in plywood with many passes, I am now ready to share my findings with the community and give various versions of a "laser training" to Sudo.Â
For this training we will only be cutting 1/8 Birchwood or 1/4 MDF. In the future we can work with Acrylic or late if everyone else has gone home (stinky!).
We will focus on introduction to laser cutting safety, generating viable files, and specs to work with various materials.
I have worked for months and months now to get to this point so please understand coming into this how valuable this moment is to have access to such a powerful machine. Please try to come to at least 3 of these mentorships and expect to watch some videos and/or read some material before being confident lasering. There are so many ways to not do the appropriate thing for the cutter. It is important to know exactly why you are choosing what settings you do. It is imortant to maintain high awareness as you proceed from design to cutting. A wrong move could scorch the mirrors, the lense, ruin your art, or start a small fire (which could ruin the machine). Improper use can also cause undo air quality issues that also could be avoided (no vinyl ever!!!)
It is with all these things in mind and great respect for the tool and the community that training and constant awareness is needed by community members with every cut.
I am now able to teach a comprehensive beginner level training. I will do it in "Mentor style" at first, taking in the skill levels of whoever shows up, possibly culminating in a joint class with a professional.
Keep in mind even "simple cuts" can take much editing to be ready, and can take much time to cut. I can only teach from practical short example files to start, and report back from longer more ornate projects that I have finished.
With this in mind, if you expect to cut something on a non-acrylic focused Laser Lunes, please bring your own 1/8 in Birchwood slab from Blick for ~$6.00 for a 12/24 in sheet or 1/4 in MDF from McFee's lumber. I must prioritize these materials for the first few classes, as other materials take 2-5x more cut passes and may stink quite a bit more.
I will select simple SVG files from the community to cut in the mentorship, and can advise on improving your vector files (Inskape!)
I will continue to hold Laser Lunes mentorship Mondays, 6pm -10/late, and will also have an acrylic night soon. Please consider donating to Sudo Room on behalf of this class: https://sudoroom.org/donate/
(Also one could bring some extra 1/8 Birchwood from Blick to share with future Laser Lunes Mentorship Mondays/the Room.)
Multipass!
Lilu
I do think it would be great if we had a sudoroom-sponsored event in the
ballroom on National Organ Day (not that I believe in Nations) where people
come in and play the organs and pianos for each other in the ballroom.
It can be a practice / lead-up session for International Organ Day/Week in
April, when we can have a more formal event with rollerskates and inlines.
I can think of a few people who i'd like to hear play.
-jake
On Fri, 28 Jan 2022, Sarah Lockhart wrote:
> according to google, february 14th is National Organ Day ... but that is for
> organ donation, as in body parts, not the type of organ in question here.
>
> apparently late April there is historically an International Organ Day/Week
> that seems to center on pipe organs
I am trying to guide someone to apply for membership and they are now the 2nd
person to report to me that the application page isn't working
I tried to send a test membership application here:
https://sudoroom.org/membership/
not to be confused with this:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Membership
and it didn't work, and the following email came in to info(a)sudoroom.org
what do we do?
-jake
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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 04:29:59 +0000
From: WordPress <wordpress(a)sudoroom.org>
To: info(a)sudoroom.org
Subject: [sudo-info] [Sudo Room] Your Site is Experiencing a Technical Issue
Howdy!
Since WordPress 5.2 there is a built-in feature that detects when a plugin or theme causes a fatal error on your site, and notifies you with this automated email.
In this case, WordPress caught an error with one of your plugins, Social.
First, visit your website (https://sudoroom.org/) and check for any visible issues. Next, visit the page where the error was caught (https://sudoroom.org/wordpress/wp-admin/post.php?post=16308&action=edit&mes…) and check for any visible issues.
Please contact your host for assistance with investigating this issue further.
If your site appears broken and you can't access your dashboard normally, WordPress now has a special "recovery mode". This lets you safely login to your dashboard and investigate further.
https://sudoroom.org/wordpress/wp-login.php?action=enter_recovery_mode&rm_t…
To keep your site safe, this link will expire in 1 day. Don't worry about that, though: a new link will be emailed to you if the error occurs again after it expires.
When seeking help with this issue, you may be asked for some of the following information:
WordPress version 5.8.3
Current theme: Spacious-Sudo (version 0.1)
Current plugin: Social (version 3.1.1)
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Dear Sudo Room,
Just a reminder that we have not received a payment for this invoice yet. Let us know if you have questions.
Thanks for your business!
Omni Commons
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4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94609 US
https://omnicommons.org
Invoice #: 2461
Date: 01/01/2022
Due Date: 01/25/2022
Terms: Net 25
Amount Due: $28,000.00
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Bill To:
Sudo Room
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94607
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****************************** Account Summary *****************************
12/01/2021 Balance Forward $26,000.00
Other payments and credits after 12/01/2021 0.00
New charges (details below) 2,000.00
Total Amount Due (activity through 01/01/202 28,000.00
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<u> Date </u><u> Activity </u><u> Qty </u><u> Rate </u><u> Amount </u>
01/01/2022 Furnishing Fa 1 2,000.00 2,000.00T
____________________________________________________________________________
SubTotal: $2,000.00
Tax: $0.00
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Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00
Total Amount Due: $28,000.00
Greetings Sudo Room!
This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the
commons!
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons Finance Working Group
Let's check in with each other and see what folks are hacking on.
We have a new jitsi instance we're using for sudo room meetings:
https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles
Hope to see you all there!
--
marc/juul
Dear Sudo Room,
Your credit memo is attached. We have reduced your account balance by the amount shown on the credit memo.
Have a great day and enjoy this automated message!
Omni Commons
-------------------------------- Credit Memo -------------------------------
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94609 US
finance(a)omnicommons.org
https://omnicommons.org
Credit #: 2480
Date: 01/26/2022
$0.00
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Credit To:
Sudo Room
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<u> Date </u><u> Activity </u><u> Quantity </u><u> Rate </u><u> Amount </u>
01/26/2022 back rent abatement per 6 2,000.00 12,000.00T
approved proposal at
Delegates Meeting on
1/20/22
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SubTotal: $12,000.00
Tax: $0.00
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Total Credit: $12,000.00
Thank you for stewarding the commons.
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons
I texted with Lovi the other day, who is still a pending member of Sudo,
and Lovi mentioned they would be willing to deep-clean Sudo's
deeply-spoiled fridge, if paid $25/hr cash and supplied with the
various means to do so.
To my knowledge, no Sudoer has voluntarily pursued cleaning this fridge for
the last four months or so after the request went out. It was also insisted
that the fridge be kept and not dumped (Patrik thought it was unsalvageable
due to the near-certainty of mold growing in inaccessible places.) The
fridge incubated a large quantiy spoiling food, unplugged, for an unknown
number of months during the pandemic.
Anyway - as Lovi is not yet a Sudo member, as a Sudo member I would like to
propose that Sudo take Lovi up on their offer, and supply:
- an electrostatic air purifier, and a UV-C light bulb to help passively
de-mold in the first pass in all compartments. The total cost for both is
expected to be <$80.
- bleach, cleaning agents, sponges, paper towels, etc in the second pass.
Expected cost is <$20 in the event Omni's cleaning closet lacks these
items.
In terms of active labor I believe at least four hours should be budgeted
at a minimum, = $100.
Expected cost: $180.
Contingency: $20.
Total: $200.
In return - if Lovi still has capacity and inclination to engage with this
task - I would propose that Lovi provide a do-by date to complete the work,
for the benefit of all sudoers who wish to once more preserve edible food
in a sanitary fashion.
If anyone objects to this proposal, lmk..?
Best,
David
Hi everyone,
bonus: join the jitsi videochat with the space tonight, and chat with each
other as well as a giant TV screen/speakerphone on the wall of the space:
https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles
(don't worry if you're the only one in the "room", others will join eventually)
you're getting this email either because you're on the sudoroom discuss email
list, or because I BCC'd you directly. Tonight I'll be hosting Sudoroom for
those who want to come hack on whatever in person, or through telepresence of
any means you can invoke.
Unfortunately we are in a pandemic, and rates are high right now, so don't
hesitate to sit this one out (especially if you've been exposed or feel sick)
but I am practicing starting up this email again anyway, and reminding people
about this ongoing weekly event.
That said, remember that Omni Commons and Sudoroom policy is presently that
EVERYONE MUST WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THE BUILDING.
i haven't put it on the calendar but i'm planning to be there soon after 6pm
if you get to the door (at the corner of 48th and shattuck) and you can't get
in, call me or someone else who's there to let you in! Email me if you don't
have my phone number. Actually a great way to get our attention is to join the
video chat at the beginning of this email!
We don't always hear the doorbell and I don't answer it after 10PM anyway
because of diminishing returns :)
You should get on this sudoroom discuss mailinglist! click here:
https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/
and you should donate to sudoroom, monthly, by signing up here:
https://sudoroom.org/humans
and if you need to make a one-time donation, you can go here:
https://sudoroom.org/donate
see you soon!
-jake
Hey folks,
I tried to join the meeting yesterday by going to
https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles, but the only one there was
Ian. He said that the meeting was on Zoom, but the calendar on the website
doesn't have a link.
When is the next meeting and how do I attend?
Thanks,
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
