September 18, 2018

Meetings
Previous Meeting: September 11, 2018	Meeting Procedure	Next Meeting: September 25, 2018

Time: 7:30 PM Space: Anchor Building, 2929 Spring Grove Ave.

Meeting Agenda

Housekeeping

• Noise Curfew - Quiet hours are 10:30pm to 7am.
• Shelf D is up for grabs. New stuff goes on Shelf E.
• Liability waivers must be legible.
• Label your personal supplies & tools.
• At the end of the meeting, please put your chair back on the cart.
• Reminder, we are a community. Keep the space clean. If you need to have a mess, claim it on the mailing list. Use the mailing list if you are going to do a long job or will need some equipment for a specific time.
• Broken things at the Hive? E-mail broken@hive13.org to report them.

Old Business

• Annex
  • Laser Cutter Status
    • Big Laser
      • Operational
      • You must re-certify - see Greg, Dave V., Ryan, or Lorin to do so.
    • Small Laser
  • Leaks pending suitable ladder to fix
• Lounge
  • Layout
• 2X4 Challenge Competition
  • See details and sign up on the mailing list thread
  • Working time starts immediately
  • Entries due Friday, October 12th, 2018
• Cincinnati Mini Maker Faire
• Warden Hours

New Business

• Internet forced upgrade (200Mb!) - do we want phone/TV?

This Week in Wiki

• Dave V. added information to the Laser pages.
• Will added more info to the 2018 Open House page, including a copy of the flyer.

Upcoming events

• Saturday Cleanup Sept. 22nd
• Board Meeting Oct. 8th
• Open House
  • Touch-up clean-up October 6th
  • Dress Rehearsal October 13th during Made in Camp
  • October 20th
• Books by the Banks (Learn to Solder table)
  • October 20th
  • 10-4 at the Cincinnati Convention Center
  • Signup sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14HE1dj7Fkp6Wyj5eeGCv95v1FiEUbVOB1hIZzXhQYEU/edit?usp=sharing

Minutes

• Housekeeping
  • Usual announcements. See agenda.
  • Shelf D is up for grabs. New stuff goes on shelf E.
• Old Business
  • Annex
    • Big laser is mostly operational. Z is flaky.
    • Small laser is nearly operational.
    • See Dave V or Lorin to recertify before you use the laser. Power settings have dramatically changed.
    • Greg intends to attack the remaining leaks once a suitable ladder appears.
  • Lounge
    • Will has done nothing this week. Shame on Will.
  • SEM may be available for the open house. Brad is researching.
  • 2x4 Challenge is underway. The deadline is 2018-10-12.
  • Makerfaire was last weekend.
    • Thanks to all that assisted with the Learn to Solder badge.
    • We need to have a run of brochures and business cards printed. We're out.
    • We made 105 boards. Took in $158.
  • Warden Hours
    • Warden hours are happening. Last week saw the robotics team using the laser, Meydan and Ian learning to use the CNC.
• New Business
  • Our internet plan is no longer available.
  • The plan seems to have a mandatory bundling.. do we want TV? Phone? Further negotiation?
  • Kevin is making some Hive13 signs out of MDF.
  • Kevin S has come into a source of carbon fiber rods from arrow shafts and crossbow bolts if anyone needs them for 3D printer construction or similar.
    • • Kevin has access to nice cutting equipment.
      • This is high quality tube, often discarded for minor imperfections.
      • 3/16" to 1/4" in diameter. thick cross section. Survives being shot into targets at around 400FPS.
  • The nail guns have arrived.
• The Week in Wiki
  • Dave added information to the laser page.
  • Will added information to the Open House page.
• Upcoming Events
  • See agenda.
• Votes
  • There are no votes this week.
• Round-tuit Round
  • Tim - has been working on building a small foundry.
  • Jeremy - Lockpicking tools have arrived. Helped at MakerFaire.
  • Will - Made a Hive13 sandwich board for the side-walk. went to the comic expo. Beating an old mac into shape.
  • Kerensa - Fully enjoying the electron microscope. Working on her design portfolio.
  • Chris H - has done basically nothing. has been powerless for a week due to a breaker failure.
  • Nancy - helped at MakerFaire. Put 100 miles on her new bike. Held kitchen warden hours.
  • Ian - Building some wooden flat-pack shelves for an event next week.
  • Dave - Has been out of town on a couple different trips. Has mounted solar panels on his roof.
  • Mason - Visiting. Bought parts for a PC build. Someone mentioned us at DAAP.
  • Trent - Visiting. Measured some old buildings and bought some old tools.
  • Kevin - Wasted time calculating feeds and speeds before the meeting. Worked on his spice rack with the new router.
  • Mike H - Helped at MakerFaire. Working on changing the connector some LED light strips.
  • Tifanny - Helped at the MakerFaire.
  • Brad - Helped at MakerFaire. Bought a hand plane and roll of filament at auction. These have been donated.
  • Jim - Has been in Chicago at IMTS (International Manufacturing Technology Show). Brought some Tormach and Haas CNC mill literature.
  • Greg - working on addressable lighting for the lounge.
  • Ryan - Attempting to use Linux as a primary laptop OS. Could use assistance from someone who understands sleep states.