August 6, 2013

Meetings
Previous Meeting: July 30, 2013	Meeting Procedure	Next Meeting: August 13, 2013

Time: 7:30 PM

Space: Anchor Building, 2929 Spring Grove Ave.

Agenda

Old Business

• Dirty room/welding progress?
• Power tool drag racing update?

Attendees

• Mike Horwath (m)
• Tiffany Bell-Horwath (m)
• Jim Dallam (m)--Went to Idea foundry in Columbus, learned about power tool drag racing (see minutes)
• Koi--Did some 3d prirting
• Franklin
• Ryan (m)
• John(guest)--SLS machine progress, had example prints
• Andrew--(guest)--Also working on SLS
• Nebby(Cindy)(m)--Setting up for circuit bending workshops
• Ryan(m)--Wrist band project, has mapped the Hive area.
  • --Installing Sheet metal in welding room.
  • --Setting up welding classes (see minutes)
• Marcus
• Jim (guest)
• Brent
• Dan (m)
• Brandon AKA Shadoxx (m)--learning python
• Chris Hodapp (m)
• George (m)--Decluttering
• Jason (m)
• Matt Starbuck (m)--has Seed of Life artwork setup in hive, it is behaving unexpectedly.
• Paul (m)
• Dave (m)--working with Smarthings gadgets
• Nancy (m)
• John (COO)
• Ian (Pres.)--doing more RFID code
• Bill Steele
• Junkyard catalyst--demonstration of circuit bending

Minutes

• Jim:
  • Went to Idea Foundry to talk about mini maker faires and power tool drag racing
  • 3 upcoming mini maker faires:
    • Lousiville, Sept 28
    • Columbus, Oct 13
    • Cincinnati, Oct 19
  • Power tool drag racking:
    • Want to have a competition at each maker faire
    • Columbus will be releasing rules.
    • Track is 2 lanes of OSB plywood--12 inches wide--75 feet long--with start and crash zones.
    • We may be transporting the track or building one for each location
    • Competition will be a single elimination bracket
    • Must be a single hand-held chorded tool.
    • Plans discussed for possible central "christmas tree stand" power distribution, flashing lights, cupholders, safety fences,etc
    • Stay tuned for more info from Jim

• Ryan 2.0:
  • 3 welding classes likely to be held this weekend
  • around 6-10 people at each class
  • First class 7:30 on Friday
  • Class will be advertised on email and hive website
  • $15 fee, $5 for members, for purchasing practice scrap (will be finalized)

• John:
  • Monthly cleanups on 3rd saturday of month (17th this month)
  • Starting at 10AM, till around 2PM

• Ryan:
  • APCUG/Dayton Diode presentation about hackerspaces
  • they want to invite the Hive.
  • Sunday Sept 15 at 10AM, in Englewood (Airport Holiday Inn)