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I added Tool Training to our event calendar. Members can come by any Wednesday that is not a meeting night, and learn to use any of our tools. Email us at info@colamakerspace.com so we can prep. This is a good way for new members to get involved and start on projects!
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Our annual elections are scheduled for Saturday, January 18, 1pm, and the makerspace. We will need a new secretary, but you can run for any position. If you can't make it, please send your proxy vote to someone who will be there.
We re-started our bi-weekly meeting tradition last night and had a great time. Thanks to the new folks who came out! We did tours of the space and talked about potential projects. Anyone want to work on a soap box derby car? Email us at info@colamakerspace.com
We are getting into DIY plastic recycling with our order of the shredder kit from Precious Plastic!
It should be here in a few weeks. We also need a big, slow motor to drive it, so look around your junk piles. Here is the link After we get the shredder going, we will build the injection molder. Thanks to Wray for the fundraising!!! I am working on a vacuum forming project similar to this one:
Vacuum Forming I am building the heater box and vacuum table this week and have plastic and a quartz heater on order We've had a lot of interest in tours lately. I will be in the shop tomorrow, Wednesday Nov 20 from 6-8 pm playing with the lathe and scroll saw. If you want a tour or if a member wants training, just come by or email info@colamakerspace.com so I can let you in.
A huge thanks to our awesome member who built this great enclosure for our printers and laser cutter. Each pipe has a DIY butterfly valve to control airflow. Yet to be added is a fan to the exhaust louver. Great work!  I needed a small table for my laptop. I built this in about 10 minutes at the makerspace out of scrap wood. I will sand down the bottoms of the legs, after it dries, to make it sit level. The blue tape is to keep the glue from leaking out where the spade bit poked through. I will take it off when the glue dries  We worked with the lathe the other day. I think the blank I was using had some bad grain, so I made some blanks out of 1-inch pine to practice on.   Cutting pieces for the blanks. We also ripped the 1x down to three inches on the table saw  Gluing blanks with plastic to protect the table. We made two, the other is in the vise.  We set up the grinder and chisel sharpening system. Yet to be tested We tested a couple donated items. The air compressor is really loud, so wear ear protection. Also, drain the water out when you are done. Compressing air drives the moisture out and it collects in the tank. The sewing machine works very smoothly. It only does straight stitches  Don't forget to drain your air compressors or you will get rusty water  The sewing machine works great |
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