Department of Spontaneous Combustion has open studio where you can weld things with expert guidance. They are Tuesday evenings at M0xy off 23rd Ave. Oakland. https://www.facebook.com/events/512943699064394/ or https://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/qqglsnyxdbjb/ If you want to take an actual welding class there you sign up through Ace Monster Toys on meetup.com [3]. https://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/hpljwnyxdbcc/ If you want to chat with the folks from DSC, you can reach them on the Ace Monster Toys slack channel #DSC. -steve On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 11:43 AM, jacques revera <jacquesrevera(a)gmail.com> wrote: -- -steve _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss

hol is right, welding might no be needed. the robot might be able to help cut out the pieces though... it has a plasma cutter. On Mon, 5 Feb 2018, hol(a)gaskill.com wrote: _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss

What is "the robot?" Great advice. Any ideas help. I am redesigning. Might just use welding to secure bolts. This draft-version metal a-frame is welded at the bottom cross bar but does not have to be. These need to be somewhat indestructible. I have been making a-frames cheaply out of plywood & door hinges for 5 years. When we put out posters which are anti-american, pro-communist or promote Bob Avakian, some signs get thrown in the street, stolen, broken violently or disassembled. With the election of Trump and the rise of the alt-right, thin bike lock cables get cut and the rest has increased to the point where it is worth it to make a-frames out of metal and chain and lock. More important, as fascism is being consolidated in America; anti-american, pro-communist and posters that promote the new synthesis of Bob Avakian are urgently needed to build resistance and drive out these fascists. http://revcom.us/avakian/ba-new-synthesis-expanded.html We have been working with 30-40 a-frames at times promoting events at Rev Books around Berkeley. This guerilla marketing has worked great. (The a-frame size is dictated by our poster size of 17x44 piecing together four BW 11x17 to make a poster cheaply - Using Teknabond wallpaper wheat-paste to glue.) My new goal is 100 metal to expand in Berkeley and around Oakland. * Cheap n easy DIY: We are low-budget * Indestructible: The angle iron gauge of draft-version adequate * Disassembly-proof: If nut-and-bolts get used, they need to be impossible to disassemble. * Flat: surface plywood or sheet metal to glue posters onto * Weight: as light as possible for easier handling and deployment * Thickness: As thin as possible for stacking 100 in my dodge caravan - and to take up less space in my storage * Safe: no sharp edges or points * Water proof: The draft-version has rusted. Need to avoid with paint or galvanized steel * Lock attachment: something to pass a large chain thru or a flexible metal bar/clamp to wrap around trees and poles and padlock * Locking: large chain or a flexible metal bar/clamp/shackle to wrap around trees and poles and padlock * Lip: A-frames get loaded on top of each other 20-30 to a stack with posters rubbing and tearing. A lip all the way around would help - like protective case provides to a cell phone screen at the edge. I am thinking about using angle-iron half the size of draft doubling it up - or just strips of plywood This is all-volunteer and donation based for Revolution Books in Berkeley http://www.revolutionbooks.org/ Thanks for the support! Often when Joyce Carol Oates tears into T**** on Twitter, she uses this image of our a-frame. https://twitter.com/JoyceCarolOates/status/960350740538474497 Attachment shows perhaps the most prominent abortion provider in America with the a-frame for his book event Jacques On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: > hol is right, welding might no be needed. > > the robot might be able to help cut out the pieces though... > it has a plasma cutter. > > On Mon, 5 Feb 2018, hol(a)gaskill.com wrote: > >> Looking at that sign, it does not actually appear to be welded. You >> just need to drill 4 holes on the outer leg of each angle to mount >> the >> wooden strip crossbraces to and one hole in the inner leg of each >> piece >> to form the hinge. All you need is a drill press, an angle grinder >> (to >> notch out the top corners and to cut sticks of angle steel to length) >> and a chop or skil saw for the wood. You could probably use 2x4s >> which >> are numerous around sudo room. Old bed frames also make a great >> source >> of cheap angle steel and you could make the cuts on the autohacksaw >> at >> sudo room. >> On 2018-02-04 12:08, Steve Berl wrote: >> >>> Department of Spontaneous Combustion has open studio where you can >>> weld >>> things with expert guidance. >>> >>> They are Tuesday evenings at M0xy off 23rd Ave. Oakland. >>> >>> https://www.facebook.com/events/512943699064394/ >>> or >>> https://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/qqglsnyxdbjb/ >>> >>> If you want to take an actual welding class there you sign up >>> through Ace >>> Monster Toys on meetup.com [3]. >>> https://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/hpljwnyxdbcc/ >>> >>> If you want to chat with the folks from DSC, you can reach them on >>> the >>> Ace Monster Toys slack channel #DSC. >>> >>> -steve >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 11:43 AM, jacques revera >>> <jacquesrevera(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> http://RevolutionBooks.org needs to make 50-100 a-frame >>>> sidewalk-sandwich-boards out of angle iron very similar to >>>> construction barriers >>>> >>>> https://mollybandme.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/summer-construction-016.jpg >>>> [1] >>>> to mount posters promoting out weekly events >>>> >>>> Is there a hackerspace that does welding in Oakland? I either need >>>> to >>>> find a welder to donate labor or someone who can support me >>>> inexperienced doing it myself welding / cutting / drilling the >>>> pieces >>>> together - or do you know someone at The Crucibile who could >>>> support >>>> this? >>>> >>>> The photos show the first draft of our simple metal signs made out >>>> of >>>> angle iron and in the background, you can see the current version >>>> and >>>> size of our 4x1.5' posters. >>>> >>>> Rev Books is fighting American fascists and has come under attack 9 >>>> times this year by the alt-right. There are many other reasons to >>>> support this bookstore which is part of the center of building a >>>> movement for revolution in this country. >>>> >>>> Jacques >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>> https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss [2] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -steve >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> >> >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] >> >> https://mollybandme.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/summer-construction-016.jpg >> [2] https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> [3] http://meetup.com > > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss