[MakeLV] Project Day/Open Hack Saturday 10/6

[David Smith]

I will not make it tonight, because we are having our Member's Preview for
Bodies Revealed at the Center, so just let me know.

Dave

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Jared Steckel <steckelj at jaredsroom.com>wrote:

> Hi Dave,****
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> Thanks for the shelving offer – I’m going to take a look at the situation
> tonight and let you know.  If you’re around we can look together and see
> what we think.  I’m sure we could use it somewhere.****
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> J****
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> *From:* Makelehighvalley [mailto:
> makelehighvalley-bounces at makelehighvalley.com] *On Behalf Of *David Smith
> *Sent:* Monday, October 01, 2012 3:55 PM
> *To:* Build things for fun!
> *Subject:* Re: [MakeLV] Project Day/Open Hack Saturday 10/6****
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> What do we need for storage infrastructure? I would be willing to
> contribute one 5-shelf (24" deep) storage shelf and some clear plastic
> containers to the organizational efforts, if they would be helpful.
>
> Dave
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> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:05 PM, <steckelj at jaredsroom.com> wrote:****
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> Hi all,****
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> Just letting you know that the space will be open from 9am-6pm this
> Saturday, 10/6, for a Project Day/Open Hack.  If you've got a project
> started in the space or have something in mind, definitely come by and have
> at it for the day!****
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> I'd like to see what we can do to de-clutter the space before our
> in-progress projects and old electronics stage a coo and take us captive.
>  If you have a started project in the space, Saturday is a great day to
> make some progress.  If the project is stalled, take some time to figure
> out why and get it on the wiki - including what we need to get it moving -
> so we can work together to make it happen.****
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> Some of this may or may not exist, but I'd like to throw some ideas out
> there related to our old electronics and our color coding system.  The
> color coding system is great and really helps, so I wondered what you all
> thought about taking this a step further and taking some action based on
> these colors.  So, for example, if something is completely broken - it
> should be disassembled and any valuable components salvaged and sorted,
> then the rest properly disposed of in a green manner.  To aide in this, we
> could work with our quartermaster (Tom) to develop a list of the valuable
> components in various types of devices so that when one comes into the
> space, if someone is bored, they could test it - color code it - then take
> the appropriate action.****
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> For example: broken printer comes in and is determined to be
> non-functional, and is antiquated and perhaps not worth fixing.  The
> valuable component list says that in a dot-matrix printer (for example),
> we're after the motor and guides and any easily-removable metal for scrap,
> then the rest is recycled.  You could then have your fun disassembling the
> printer and testing the components, then sorting into parts bins.  I
> remember an e-mail to the list from awhile back that outlined all the
> valuable components in a microwave - same deal.****
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> Thoughts?  I'm sure this has been talked about to some degree in the past,
> so maybe I need to be brought up to speed.  Let's talk about this on
> Thursday.  If we can hash something out, and you didn't have anything to
> work on on Saturday, we should have plenty of things to be taken apart!***
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> J****
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