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new hardware hack night: tuesday (first one tonight)

by Marina Kukso

hi folks, there's a new hardware hack night - tuesday! first one is tonight. here is the event on our calendar: https://sudoroom.org/events/hardware-hack-night-2015-02-03/ best, marina

9 years, 8 months

bandsaw blade

by Jake

apparently the blade for the bandsaw at sudoroom is broken. do we have any more? what about a hacksaw?

9 years, 8 months

Share and Tell: a community speaking event

by Marina Kukso

hi all, sudoer kelsey breseman is organizing a low-stress, inclusive, short talks night in berkeley. lots of great details about what the event will be like here: http://www.meetup.com/APIs-to-Electrons/events/220269710/ you should sign up to give a talk! works in progress, ideas, things you've been working on are all welcome. this will a supportive, collaborative environment where people want to hear what others have to say. best, marina

9 years, 8 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Show high school seniors what a hackerspace is

by yar

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Karissa McKelvey <karissa.mckelvey(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey sudoers > > I'm teaching a web programming class of about 20 high school seniors > (17-18 years old) who live in Oakland. They are primarily people of > color and underprivileged in some way, having reached hardships enough > to find themselves at a continuation high school due to bad grades. > > I'd like to bring them on a fieldtrip to sudo room/omni for an hour or > two so they can see the tech, get a tutorial on 3d printers & see one > in action. Maybe if people wanted to show off their projects they're > working on, that'd be cool too! > > Anyone interested in this sort of thing? Thanks for writing, Karissa! That sounds great and I'd love to help. What timeframe were you thinking? If we set a date & time now, maybe we can start organizing people around that. I'm down to give tours and teach an intro to 3D printing. What are other sudoers down for? I'm also including the "Omni Kids" email list. I'm not sure, but there's a small chance that we have to wait until our legal situation is clearer since we haven't yet passed a fire inspection and we don't have an ADA bathroom. Hopefully someone on this mailing list knows for sure what we're able to commit to right now! Hope to keep in touch :) yar

9 years, 8 months

giant robot

by Jake

hi all, i got a really fancy motor controller and a bunch of really fancy motors with encoders built-in, and it all works together.. and I think we should consider making another robot. Here is the controller: product sheet: http://spaz.org/~jake/bxi/BXi-Tool-Controller-Debuted.pdf huge operation manual: http://spaz.org/~jake/bxi/BX300HIFMan.pdf basically the brain can control six motors, which i have, with very precise motion control and tracking, for example for the joints of a giant robot. The motors I have are a couple of sizes, but I think we should go big and use the 500W (2/3 horsepower) motors, so the thing can be expected to cart its own batteries around and be autonomous. never mind, this is a dumb idea. but i do have the motors and controller, and i may be able to get more. I guess we could build a 4x8 foot laser cutter or something mundane like that. -jake

9 years, 8 months

Disability Hack Night!

by Ryan

Just announcing that the first disability hack night is happening in sudo this Saturday at 4pm! It hasn't synced to the omni calendar yet, but I'm planning this to be a recurring event every first saturday of the month. More info: https://sudoroom.org/events/disability-hack-night-2015-03-07/

9 years, 8 months

Electrical work currently being done for La Commune (affecting panel for Kitchen / Upstairs_

by David Keenan

The tireless volunteers Steve Bloom ( stevebloom55(a)gmail.com ) and I believe Rayc ( what is is email - anyone know? ) are in the midst of decommissioning electrical runs from to La Commune, from the panel in Rise Above that also feeds the oft-tripping breaker to the upstairs. All, before touching this panel, please attempt to communicate first with Steve or Rayc regarding whether it safe to do. Specifically, all, NEVER reach your hand inside a panel that does not have a cover plate on (covering the electrical wires and connections), even if it is only to flip a breaker. Instead, at a minimum, put the cover plate back on first. This panel includes the oft-tripping breaker for the Kitchen and TIL etc offices - #8, so please pay heed. Steve showed me that he decommissioned breakers # 7 & 11. Breakers 3&4 were I believe decomissioned by an electrician hired by Rise Above. #8 is the one that always trips and needs to be worked on / rewired to prevent this Please see the photo below for reference.. thanks! [image: Inline image 1] David

9 years, 8 months

Intention To Block

by Ryan

I would like to block St. Nik for 1 month. I would like him to get a better feel and understanding of sudo's culture and values before he becomes a member, and to feel like he has a longer period of time in order to do this.

9 years, 8 months

a movie night

by April Glaser

Hi everyone! Is there still weekly movie night? What does one have to do to book the basement to screen a film? I'd like to screen the Battle of Algiers with a friend of mine (she's a local prof of film studies) soon down there. Anyone interested in that? Luv, April -- 0x54FC570B

9 years, 8 months

Working on electrical? Please alert others

by David Keenan

The following is for building & human safety: 1. Please email the discuss and building groups PRIOR to beginning work on electrical, with the following infos: - your ph# and email - brief description & location of work being performed including relevant (sub)panel - anticipated date, & length of outage if any 2. While you are working, leave a note on the relevant panel with your name, ph#, & email, as well as instructions as to what breakers must be left off while you are working. 3. When you have to leave, do not leave any exposed wiring: Panel covers must be put back on, outlets covered, etc. 4. Please send a message to discuss & building lists with the status of the work, what was changed, what breakers are re/dis-connected and to what, etc, if it is finished and if not when/what is needed to do so, etc. Hope that is agreeable to all? David

9 years, 8 months

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