Some things we may work on tonight:

• Paint the stairs
  
• Discuss fixing the floors
• Soap box derby car - the wheels may arrive soon. Fed Ex screwed up our shipment
  
• Finish hanging the doors. I got #12 self-tapping screws
  
• Test a new drill I got on cement
  
• And other stuff I'm sure!
  

Come join us from around 6-8 pm. This isn't our 'official' meeting night, but we all seem to show up on Wednesdays

We haven't posted lately because our web editor stopped working with our browser. Rest assured, much has been happening!

We met last night, Wednesday Feb 19, to talk about projects.
Projects

• Soap box derby car
  
  • Wheels and spindles should be in Friday 2/28. Plan to meet Saturday 2/29 2 pm to mess around with the parts
    
  • We may go to the steel scrap yard Saturday morning. Planning to make the frame from welded 1-inch tube with 1/4-inch wall thickness
    
• Parts for video game console
  
  • I will measure the screen area and order a raspberry pi 4
    
• Forge
  
  • Waiting for dimensions of available tanks. Also thinking about designs
    
• Clean up
  
  • We want to improve the aesthetics of our space. Talked about fixing the computer room/wood workshop floors and hallway walls first. On Saturday, I will try chiseling up some tiles and applying cement to the floor and to patch broken tiles. Depending on what works best, we will end up with new tile, carpet, or painted concrete. We plan to tile the halls with luan and then paint it.
    
• We had a potential new member who is interested in crafts. Welcome! We discussed turning the small room into a craft room. Possible equipment: cutting table, mat, rotary cutter, embroidery machine, etc. I hope we can attract some crafters to help round out our activities!
  

We will resume playing with the Python coding language Saturday Feb 8 at 6 pm. We are following an online video about automating tasks with Python. Beginner's welcome! We move at a very slow pace!

We will skip turning tonight because we don't own submarines! Be careful driving tonight. Supposed to rain a lot from 6-8 pm. Turning will resume next Thursday 6 pm . 

Not too formal, just talking about current and future projects. I will bring some bowls I turned. Will we have pizza? Hmm, we might have pizza! RSVP to info@colamakerspace.com

We are installing a local hard-wired network. We have a rack and router installed. Fighting with cabling and ceiling ties now

Made a cedar bowl from wood found in the dump. There is a little crack, but otherwise turned out well. 

We finished the welding and duct work (mostly) on the hood today. The hood draws the welding fumes away from you and out the window much better. 

 We installed a new vise in the metal shop! The metal bucket with the lid is for welding trash - in case it is hot. The other bucket can be filled with water for quenching parts.​

Made some progress on the welding hood last night. I hope to get some duct work this weekend. Also installed a MIG gun holster.
I turned some cedar on the lathe. It smells great.