{"id":6554,"date":"2016-02-10T09:53:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T15:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/?p=6554"},"modified":"2016-03-10T10:01:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T16:01:13","slug":"february-monthly-meeting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/2016\/february-monthly-meeting-2\/","title":{"rendered":"February Monthly Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you missed the live Twitter feed of the meeting this month, here’s the long version of the meeting notes. \u00a0Thanks to all who came out in the snowy weather to see what our community of creators have been up to.<\/p>\n<\/a>

Homemade CNC Router<\/h3>\n

Nate showed us a 12-foot CNC router he’s built from scratch from hardware store parts.<\/p>\n

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Shira’s Robo-Arm<\/h3>\n

Shira shared her experience working with a high school student to\u00a0construct and program a\u00a0robot arm.<\/p>\n

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O. M. G. (Oh My Gourd) – \u00a0Building Speakers from Gourds<\/h3>\n

James\u00a0shared his\u00a0experience of\u00a0making speakers out of gourds and the difficulties in working with a very organic material\/shape!<\/p>\n

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Brian’s Makerbot Thingomatic<\/h3>\n

Brian has spent the past month building his own “supersized” 3D printer.\u00a0Brian plans to utilize the new printer to print very large objects – you can check it out on Thingiverse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Follow Up – Importing a CNC Machine from China<\/h3>\n

David gave a follow-up presentation on his experience(and lessons learned) importing a CNC router from China. See December meeting notes<\/a>\u00a0for information on David’s original presentation – his machine has arrived and he learned the hard way about “death by a thousand papercuts” on import and duty charges, port fees. . .<\/p>\n

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Home Automation for the Rest of Us<\/h3>\n

Larry gave a presentation on the history of home animation, some current IoT (Internet of Things)\u00a0technology he’s been using, and some items that are being incorporated into today’s homes.<\/p>\n

Phillips lights<\/p>\n

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Building a Better Bench<\/h3>\n

Chris shared a presentation on\u00a0a matching oak bench that he made for a table at home.<\/p>\n

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See you in March!<\/h3>\n

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 1 at 7:00 PM. \u00a0If you have something you’d like to share, please do! Use the “contact us” button at the top right\u00a0to get on the March agenda.<\/p>\n

See you soon!<\/p>\n

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If you missed the live Twitter feed of the meeting this month, here’s the long version of the meeting notes. \u00a0Thanks to all who came out in the snowy weather to see what our community of creators have been up…<\/span><\/p>\n

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