December 15, 2009

Meetings
Previous Meeting: December 8, 2009	Meeting Procedure	Next Meeting: December 22, 2009

Time: 7:00 PM

Space: Anchor Building, 2929 Spring Grove Ave.

Agenda

Demos

Practical Electronics 101 class, by James at 6:30pm

Attendees

• James
• Craig
• Thurman
• Ed
• Avishaan
• Dave
• Paul
• Jim
• Chris Davis
• Hodapp

Minutes

Drill Press - Paul

• we have a new drill press
• inherited from Paul's family
• he would like $30 for it
• craig: i think we already have this much money saved
• all in favor: yes

table saw - Ed

• Ed is going to bring in his tools when he becomes a member in January
• including a table saw

CRTs

• must get rid of to make way for nice tool room

stepper motor boards - James

• are on their way here
• slowly
• 5 boards
• if they are good, we will order more
• if this turns out good, we can get quite a lot of them and sell them
• someday even look for a board stuffer to build them for us
• jim may have a contact at a company that could make them

griddle - James

• james brought in the electric griddle for the purpose of surface mount soldering

solder paste - James

• getting some solder paste but it contains lead
• has to be refrigerated
• can't put into food fridge?
• was there a mini-fridge someone had that we can use for non-food?
• james cannot keep it at his house either
• check the mailing list
• we should attempt to get one
• will probably be getting a hot-air reflow kit for xmas