I recommend that eye protection be purchased and used by the people soldering and using wire cutters. Safety first!
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 29, 2014, at 3:13 AM, Torrie Fischer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Friday, March 28, 2014 20:50:27 Torrie Fischer wrote: >>> On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 17:50:12 gs volt wrote: >>> I just announced Syn/Hak at Cleveland Mini Maker Faire 2014 on meetup: >>> >>> http://www.meetup.com/synhak/events/173605542/ >>> >>> *Event details (for convenience):* >>> >>> Cleveland Mini-Maker Faire 2014 will be held at the Cleveland Public >>> Library (both old and new buildings) between 10a-5p on 3/29/2014 and will >>> feature 100+ exhibitors that like to share knowledge and teach attendees >>> how to make cool things, age no bar! >>> >>> More event information on their website here: >>> http://www.makerfairecleveland.com >>> >>> Come celebrate making with SYN/HAK at the 2014 Cleveland Mini-Maker Faire! >>> >>> Find us in the lower level (outside the auditorium) of Louis Stokes Wing >>> aka the new building >>> >>> At this year's event, we plan to: >>> - Provide an area for people of all ages to build simple circuits on the >>> fly using a SnapCircuits kit (first come first served) >>> - Showcase Arduino Mega controlled relays to synchronize your 110V devices >>> - Showcase how to easily use painters tape and a battery to illuminate >>> LEDs >>> that remain lit for months >>> - Showcase simple off the shelf solar panels to illuminate more LEDs and >>> power Arduinos >>> - Showcase RaspberryPi >>> - Showcase TinyLily and Tinyduino by TinyCircuits in Akron >>> - Showcase an illuminated lab-coat (worn by G) >>> - Showcase how to solder circuits (time and materials permitting) >>> - Share information about Syn/Hak so that attendees can learn about our >>> recent relocation in Akron downtown. >>> >>> I guess you could say we're excited to be illuminating LEDs all day at the >>> Cleveland Mini-Maker Faire 2014, so come on out and have fun illuminating >>> LEDs with us! >>> >>> Torrie, I got a response from CMMF that yes, soldering is indeed allowed >>> at >>> the library. They are encouraging lots of it this year. >>> >>> I think I have a good spread of things to display on an 8foot table. I >>> might even go vertical with some of the permanent interactive displays. >>> Also, I plan to stand in front of the table this year, rather than behind. >>> >>> *Following things are forthcoming for this event *(they're in the mail, if >>> I get it I'll update the meetup event): >>> - LED strip that I hope to mount on the 8foot table's edges to illuminate >>> the whole table >>> - 50-100 LEDs and 3V batteries - for the youngest attendees for them to >>> take with them >>> >>> *Questions I have pending:* >>> - Do we have a Synhak sign that I can take with me (battered is fine)? >>> - CMMF just announced that there is one parking permit per exhibitor that >>> they can cover. I'm going so I plan to use the permit they give me for my >>> car. Anyone want to come along, simply reply back and we can rendezvous at >>> Synhak around 8a. I plan to have an early day, might event stop at Syn/Hak >>> earlier than 8a on 3/29 for last minute planning/testing. Unlike last >>> year, >>> I plan to move towards Cleveland by 8:30a at the latest. My trunk will >>> pretty much fit everything I plan to carry. >>> - I want to plan to blog the event. But if I'm solo, I can't video tape >>> makers in attendance and their projects for obvious reasons. If you go >>> with >>> me, it'll allow me to "guerrilla video" makers - I don't know if CMMF has >>> a >>> dedicated resource for this. >>> >>> As I have more questions, I plan to reply to this thread. Please reply >>> back >>> with your thoughts, additional demos that you might wish to share with >>> attendees. >>> >>> Thanks in advance to all the hackers at synhak and makersalliance for >>> helping me with this. >>> >>> Regards, >> >> Ya know, screw it, I'm getting out of this funk. I'm going to work on the >> mobile hackerspace idea a little bit more and pack up what we've got for >> soldering. We should still have a lot of kits. > > SYNHAK: The Mobile Hackerspace Rev2 is complete. > > I've adapted each of the two sheets of plywood we used at the Akron MMF: > > * Painted one side black to easily find loose components > * Attached a power strip > * Cut out a handle for easy carrying > * Routed all the edges to avoid splinters and sharp edges. > > I'm also including a light stand and a pair of lights in the package to help > out when our big heads are hovering over people's projects. > > I've got a big tote of soldering irons, kits, liability waivers, writing > tools, some flyers, our mostly disintegrated banner, a first aid kit, and > various tools for soldering. It is in the back of my car and will try to be > brought up there at 9AM. Its currently 3AM, so lets see how that goes. > > Suggestion: Can we spend $200 of that grant money on a bunch of new soldering > irons and another $300 on kits? Pretty please? > > Also, I know that the space is a disaster lately since the contents of the > racks were unloaded onto every available surface instead of being neatly > stacked somewhere out of the way. That doesn't mean you can just leave tools > lying around and contribute to entropy. Please put them back, thanks. > >> >> G, are we permitted to accept donations? >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
