Collexion Show-and-Tell @ Loudoun House July 7th at 7pm

[Charlie Campbell]

Howdy, Collexioneers!

I just wanted to remind everyone that an open house of sorts has been arranged in partnership with the Lexington Art League for this Saturday at the Loudoun House (a stone's throw from the Collexion hackerspace).

Everyone with a neat, project to show off is invited to do so at 7pm. This is an un-curated and open-to-hackers-of-all-levels show-and-tell. Completed and in-progress projects are equally welcome. There is no application process. Just show up in all of your awesome glory.

Please keep them somewhat portable, though. We will be setting up in the middle of the current exhibition, "Scripts & Systems" (a very tech-friendly show - more information here - you'll like it, I promise). I can set up a few tables for those who need them (give me a heads up by Thursday, if you don't mind).

Dustin Mays? We talked about this a long time ago - but are we still able to have a Makerbot demo at LAL? If a laptop is needed, I volunteer mine.

Dave Hempy? Is is still possible to take a small walking tour down to the hackerspace for a CNC demo?

Thanks everyone! Let's get out there and get some community exposure for Collexion! Come show off your techno-wizardry!

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[Dustin Mays]

Charlie! I should be able to make this and do a Makerbot presentation. If you can remind me on, like, Friday, that would be super helpful, because I ALWAYS forget about these events.

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Howdy, Collexioneers!

I just wanted toe remind everyone that an open house of sorts has been arranged in partnership with the Lexington Art League for this Saturday at the Loudoun House (a stone's throw from the Collexion hackerspace).

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[Vincent Purcell]

I vote for makerbot orchestras.

[Patrick "Kai" Baker]

I think I can get a prototype going of a project i'm working on ready by then but it requires graphics. Should I bring my own computer and monitor or will that be available? I also will need to use python as well. I have no laptop strong enough in the graohics department.

[Dave Hempy]

The bad news is that I am not available then.  L

 

The good news is that several people on the CNC team know as much as I do about our CNC router, and several know far more than I do about CNC routers in general.  J

 

I really hope someone steps up to lead a demo like this.  Anyone who was at our two-hour demo that Wednesday night can certainly give a useful ten or twenty minute overview.  I can meet someone for an hour at the space before then to set up a few cuts to show off for our company.  Preferably over lunch, at 9 am or 4 pm, but I’ll work with whatever schedule you’ve got.

 

Any takers? 

 

-dave

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[Charlie Campbell]

Aw. That's unfortunate.

Would someone else from the CNC team mind doing a demo?
If you're uncomfortable presenting in front of an audience, I can try and do the talking - though I'm not even remotely qualified.

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[Charlie Campbell]

Correction: This is happening at 1pm in the afternoon on Saturday the 7th - NOT 7pm. I'm sorry for the confusion.

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[Derek Eggers]

Charlie,

I will plan to be at the collection to facilitate the CNC tour.  1:00 is fine.  

Derek

Derek Eggers, Ed.D.

Director of Online Education

College of Arts and Sciences

University of Kentucky

www.as.uky.edu

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[Dave Hempy]

Thank you for taking this on, Derek.

 

If you want to meet at the space before then to set anything up, give me a call – 859-351-2363.

[timk]

Dustin, can you take another look at the Makerbot before the event? I went in yesterday to fiddle with things and I don't think I changed much, but you should double check that we can print a calibration cube. I wasn't having a lot of luck.

-Tim

[Dustin Mays]

Sure thing. Would you be able to stop by the space and turn on the air conditioning tonight? If you can, I'll head to the space after I get out of the gym.

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[Derek Eggers]

Dave, 

I look forward to it.  ...don't know that we have much running, so I'll try to pull together a powerpoint.  Would love to have it cutting Collexion Flame Logos's if possible.  

-Derek

my cell is 859.312.8789

Derek Eggers

[Derek Eggers]

Hi CollexioNC'rs 

Tonight I'd like to put together a small Keynote presentation about the CNC Milling Machine build and what's possible.  If anybody has pictures of the build and can post them, I may use them for the presentation.  

Also, if you personally have a vision, dream, or whacky idea of what you'd "Like" to build with the CNC Milling Machine and can send a picture that might also be fun.  Your picture can be a photo, CAD drawing, or even napkin sketch.  We hope to spark the imagination of participants on Saturday.  

-Derek

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[Dave Hempy]

BTW, Derek and I are meeting for lunch at 12 – 1PM Friday to set up a cut.  We’ll see how to fire up Mach3, load a g-code file, and cut some wood.  Anyone’s welcome.

[timk]

Sorry I didn't see your message, Dustin. I was tied up all evening and
couldn't make it over to the space.

-Tim

[Dustin Mays]

Haha it's fine, I made it over there and recalibrated the Makerbot. It's working fine, got a successful print for a Seej piece (our first!)

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[Janine Hempy]

No way! Did you really? Did you print a bloxen or a catapult?

[Dustin Mays]

Yep! Printed a bloxen.

[Dave Hempy]

Very cool!  Can’t wait to see more!

 

-dave

 

 

From: coll...@googlegroups.com [mailto:coll...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dustin Mays
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 9:57 AM
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Subject: Re: Collexion Show-and-Tell @ Loudoun House July 7th at 7pm

 

Yep! Printed a bloxen.

[Janine Hempy]

How long did it take? I'm wonder how much print time we need to budget to make 2 sets of pieces.

[William Dieter]

Hey guys,

Nice article in todays Hearld-Leader.  Check out the online version here:  http://www.kentucky.com/2012/07/05/2249228/makerbot-thing-o-matic-is-set.html

(Be forewarned, I got lots of annoying pop-under ads getting there.)

Bill.

[Dustin Mays]

Janine: It took about 45 mins or so. Once I find the optimal settings for printing the bloxen, I think I can reduce that time by at least ten minutes. We might even want to just scale them down to half their size, as well as the weapons and the printable ammo. That way it'll use less plastic and will print faster. I may also play with reducing the in-fill to 5%. The one I printed yesterday had 15% infill and was extremely light and sturdy, so reducing it some shouldn't hurt.

[Dave Hempy]

Derek – I posted some inspiration pix here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10151116995253969&type=1

 

-dave

 

 

 

From: Derek Eggers

Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 3:28 PM

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Subject: Re: Collexion Show-and-Tell @ Loudoun House July 7th at 7pm

 

Hi CollexioNC'rs 

 

Tonight I'd like to put together a small Keynote presentation about the CNC Milling Machine build and what's possible.  If anybody has pictures of the build and can post them, I may use them for the presentation. 

 

Also, if you personally have a vision, dream, or whacky idea of what you'd "Like" to build with the CNC Milling Machine and can send a picture that might also be fun.  Your picture can be a photo, CAD drawing, or even napkin sketch.  We hope to spark the imagination of participants on Saturday. 

 

-Derek

 

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Derek Eggers <eggers...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dave, 

I look forward to it.  ...don't know that we have much running, so I'll try to pull together a powerpoint.  Would love to have it cutting Collexion Flame Logos's if possible. 

-Derek

my cell is 859.312.8789

 

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Dave Hempy <DHe...@ket.org> wrote:

Thank you for taking this on, Derek.

 

If you want to meet at the space before then to set anything up, give me a call – 859-351-2363.

 

-dave

 

 

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Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 7:06 AM
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Charlie,

I will plan to be at the collection to facilitate the CNC tour.  1:00 is fine. 

Derek

Derek Eggers, Ed.D.

Director of Online Education

College of Arts and Sciences

University of Kentucky

www.as.uky.edu

(859)312-8789

On Jul 3, 2012, at 6:29 PM, Charlie Campbell <he...@charliecampbell.net> wrote:

Correction: This is happening at 1pm in the afternoon on Saturday the 7th - NOT 7pm. I'm sorry for the confusion.

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On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Charlie Campbell <he...@charliecampbell.net> wrote:

Aw. That's unfortunate.

Would someone else from the CNC team mind doing a demo?
If you're uncomfortable presenting in front of an audience, I can try and do the talking - though I'm not even remotely qualified.

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On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Dave Hempy <DHe...@ket.org> wrote:

The bad news is that I am not available then.  L

 

The good news is that several people on the CNC team know as much as I do about our CNC router, and several know far more than I do about CNC routers in general.  J

 

I really hope someone steps up to lead a demo like this.  Anyone who was at our two-hour demo that Wednesday night can certainly give a useful ten or twenty minute overview.  I can meet someone for an hour at the space before then to set up a few cuts to show off for our company.  Preferably over lunch, at 9 am or 4 pm, but I’ll work with whatever schedule you’ve got.

 

Any takers? 

 

-dave

 

 

From: coll...@googlegroups.com [mailto:coll...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Charlie Campbell

Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 9:48 AM
To: coll...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Collexion Show-and-Tell @ Loudoun House July 7th at 7pm

 

Howdy, Collexioneers!

 

I just wanted to remind everyone that an open house of sorts has been arranged in partnership with the Lexington Art League for this Saturday at the Loudoun House (a stone's throw from the Collexion hackerspace).

 

Everyone with a neat, project to show off is invited to do so at 7pm. This is an un-curated and open-to-hackers-of-all-levels show-and-tell. Completed and in-progress projects are equally welcome. There is no application process. Just show up in all of your awesome glory.

 

Please keep them somewhat portable, though. We will be setting up in the middle of the current exhibition, "Scripts & Systems" (a very tech-friendly show - more information here - you'll like it, I promise). I can set up a few tables for those who need them (give me a heads up by Thursday, if you don't mind).

 

Dustin Mays? We talked about this a long time ago - but are we still able to have a Makerbot demo at LAL? If a laptop is needed, I volunteer mine.

 

Dave Hempy? Is is still possible to take a small walking tour down to the hackerspace for a CNC demo?

 

Thanks everyone! Let's get out there and get some community exposure for Collexion! Come show off your techno-wizardry!

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[Janine Hempy]

If we scale the weapons down, then they won't be the right size to shoot pennies. Or are you thinking of just using printable ammo instead?

What are we going to consider a full set of pieces?

Janine

ps. Squeeeeee!

[Dustin Mays]

There is printable ammo on thingiverse that we can use. We could also alter the models by hand to shrink them, but keep the scale for the part the penny goes into. I think a full set of pieces will be six flags, two weapons, 20 printed ammo, and, oh, 20 bloxen?

[John F, Gorman]

I vote to NOT scale down the weapons etc. No sense in printing weapons if we already have pennies. Just takes more time. I know we would save it and more back by scaling down but the penny is going to be far more destructive than a scaled down plastic weapon. And, I am already printing full scale bloxen which I hate to not use. I am printing several at once and it goes fairly fast since I go watch TV or read while the printing is happening.

John F. Gorman
143 Chenault Road
Lexington, KY 40502

On 7/6/2012 2:39 PM, Janine Hempy wrote:

[Dustin Mays]

Haha okay, I'll see what I can do. I believe the last weapon I tried printing was too big for the Makerbot's build platform, so I'll see if I can find another that will fit.

[Janine Hempy]

Good points, John. What we save in plastic for bloxen, etc. will be used up by printing ammo and pennies will be definitely smash better.

On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 3:07 PM, John F, Gorman <jgo...@lex-ky.us> wrote:

[Mike Andrews]

If you're gonna go all HULK SMASH then you should print it in green plastic :)

I wouldn't mind seeing that 3D knot that we've never been able to print correctly.  Unfortunately my car's in the shop so I may not be able to make it tomorrow...

[Janine Hempy]

I'm still holding out for pink and sparkly, but I wouldn't mind adding another color to our filament stash. HULK SMASH GREEN sounds like as good a choice as any. Where do we buy filament from, and what size is it?

[Dave]

--- On Fri, 7/6/12, John F, Gorman <jgo...@lex-ky.us> wrote:

> From: John F, Gorman <jgo...@lex-ky.us>
> Subject: Re: Collexion Show-and-Tell @ Loudoun House July 7th at 7pm

> To: coll...@googlegroups.com
> Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 3:07 PM
>
> I vote to NOT scale down the weapons etc. No sense in printing
> weapons if we already have pennies. Just takes more time. I know
> we would save it and more back by scaling down but the penny is going
> to be far more destructive than a scaled down plastic weapon. And, I
> am already printing full scale bloxen which I hate to not use. I
> am printing several at once and it goes fairly fast since I go watch
> TV or read while the printing is happening.

Don't forget, though, that the Canadians have stopped the production
of their pennies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_%28Canadian_coin%29#Abolition

Umm, why is this a concern? Well, it could affect international
competitions (e.g., The Canadians would be using nickles versus our
pennies!). And, once the Canadians invade and take over the US... ;-)

> John F. Gorman
> 143 Chenault Road
> Lexington, KY 40502

Dave

[Dave]

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> From: Mike Andrews <mand...@bit0.com>
> Subject: Re: Collexion Show-and-Tell @ Loudoun House July 7th at 7pm
> To: coll...@googlegroups.com

> Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 4:48 PM

> If you're gonna go all HULK SMASH then you should print it in green
> plastic :)

Shouldn't the standard colour be "olive drab"? :-)

Dave

[Mike Andrews]

We already have green on hand (along with red, white, and glow-in-the-dark white), that's why I suggested it -- no extra cost :)

[Mike Andrews]

oh, and now I should have my car back in a bit so I will try to be there a bit after 1.

[John F, Gorman]

John F. Gorman
143 Chenault Road
Lexington, KY 40502

Voice 859-269-3573
Fax 859-269-3500

I'll sell the Canadians all the pennies they need!

John F. Gorman, Owner
Bluegrass Model Railway Supply
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Lexington, KY 40502-2304

Phone 859-455-8838
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[Warren Myers]

Singapore did away with Pennies years ago - the smallest coin in a $0.05

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[Christopher Harn]

In Lima Peru they frequently give chicklets (little pieces of chewing gum) as change.

 

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[John F, Gorman]

I could go with Chiclets as weapons, they would do their share of damage. We will do that when the game takes us to Peru.

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[John F, Gorman]

I will have the bloxen covered in a few more days.

[Charlie Campbell]

Thanks to everyone who participated this afternoon. There was a tremendous turnout!

Over 200 people showed up to see the demos and the exhibition. Hopefully that excitement continues and translates into good things for Collexion.

Watch for Dustin on ABC 36 tonight! His demo of the Makerbot was filmed and may make the news.

Cheers, everyone! Keep being awesome.

On Saturday, July 7, 2012, Mike Andrews wrote:

oh, and now I should have my car back in a bit so I will try to be there a bit after 1.


On 7/6/12 4:48 PM, Mike Andrews wrote:

If you're gonna go all HULK SMASH then you should print it in green plastic :)

I wouldn't mind seeing that 3D knot that we've never been able to print correctly.  Unfortunately my car's in the shop so I may not be able to make it tomorrow...

On 7/6/12 3:31 PM, Janine Hempy wrote:

Good points, John. What we save in plastic for bloxen, etc. will be used up by printing ammo and pennies will be definitely smash better.

On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 3:07 PM, John F, Gorman <jgo...@lex-ky.us> wrote:

I vote to NOT scale down the weapons etc. No sense in printing weapons if we already have pennies. Just takes more time. I know we would save it and more back by scaling down but the penny is going to be far more destructive than a scaled down plastic weapon. And, I am already printing full scale bloxen which I hate to not use. I am printing several at once and it goes fairly fast since I go watch TV or read while the printing is happening.

John F. Gorman
143 Chenault Road
Lexington, KY 40502

On 7/6/2012 2:39 PM, Janine Hempy wrote:

If we scale the weapons down, then they won't be the right size to shoot pennies. Or are you thinking of just using printable ammo instead?

What are we going to consider a full set of pieces?

Janine

ps. Squeeeeee!

On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Dustin Mays <dork.f...@gmail.com> wrote:

Janine: It took about 45 mins or so. Once I find the optimal settings for printing the bloxen, I think I can reduce that time by at least ten minutes. We might even want to just scale them down to half their size, as well as the weapons and the printable ammo. That way it'll use less plastic and will print faster. I may also play with reducing the in-fill to 5%. The one I printed yesterday had 15% infill and was extremely light and sturdy, so reducing it some shouldn't hurt.

On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 10:25 AM, William Dieter <william...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey guys,

Nice article in todays Hearld-Leader.  Check out the online version here:  http://www.kentucky.com/2012/07/05/2249228/makerbot-thing-o-matic-is-set.html

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[Dustin Mays]

Hahaha, I'm watching the news right now. Sure hope they make me look good!

[Dustin Mays]

Oh, Charlie, do we have an approximate headcount for today?

[Charlie Campbell]

Stephanie at LAL said "over 200." When I talk to her again, I'll see if she has a  more specific number.

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[Christopher Harn]

Good idea!

 

Play in the dark with mints and you can see the sparks!

http://www.ehow.com/how_5670561_spark-wintergreen-mint.html

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[Tim Stamps]

The subject says July 7th at 7pm.  Nobody was there at 7pm.

[Dustin Mays]

Yeah, Charlie got the time mixed up and mentioned it in an earlier email I think. Sorry about the confusion!