[Weekly Meeting] 2026-04-07

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Apr 8, 2026, 12:08:12 AM (7 days ago) Apr 8
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Hello all,

Thank you for attending our weekly meeting.  As always, our meeting minutes are below and here is a link to the document:


2026-04-07 Meeting Minutes

Call to order: 20:43


Attendees

  • Brandon K.

  • Kevin Y (Sam)

  • Richard L

  • Hong Q

Past Events

Upcoming Events

  • Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2026-04-10)

    • Brandon Lu hosting

  • Spring Cleaning (17:00, Sat 2026-04-11)


  • Open House Party (16:00, Sat 2026-04-11)

    • Not a “do your taxes” event, taxes due on 14th

    • Kevin Yang is hosting, may be doing taxes

  • Openclaw future event (19:00-21:00, Mon 2026-04-13)

    • May be on 2026-04-20, 04-20 may be reserved for a scrap wood day

  • Charcoal making (TBD)

    • Likely not going to use galvanized trash cans because zinc oxides bad

Section Lead Updates

  • Brandon (CTO, Curator)

    • Solder pot socket is stalled (brandon busy)

    • SV08 ventilation stalled (brandon busy)

    • Did not purchase a wooden tenderizer to pound knife into ham yet

  • Hong (Treasurer)

    • Almost positive (stay positive!)

Discussion Items

  • Perry tools (Long Term Loan)

    • Miter Saw

      • Perry saw very nice

      • Older compound miter saw can be loaned out for projects now

    • Table Saw

      • Glowing reviews

      • Long-term-loaning Ryobi saw to Richard

        • Approved

    • Accessories

    • Approved

  • We have an opportunity to apply for the Walmart SparkGood grant

    • Applied to two sparkgood grant locations

      • Diamond Bar & Chino

  • Likely to look at other grants

    • Home Depot

    • Target?

    • Harbor Freight?

    • Ifixit?

  • Richard Work Equipment Re-Purpose

    • Laptop - yes.

      • Move laptop to bantam, liter PC to shapoko

      • No charger yet

        • Richard bringing charger

      • Laptop hard drive to be disposed of

  • Debate about Google Meet vs Discord

    • Google Meet is not allowing us to admit people as the not-owner of the meetings

    • Discord is technically not listed on a public website like the google meet

      • Temporarily using Discord as the meeting space

  • Manual mill table (knee) suspiciously hard to raise and lower.

    • First noticed a month ago.

    • Greased

    • Likely the thrust bearing on the ACME screw needs replacement

    • Still bad

    • A random screw showed up on the mill table, it seems like it’s from the mill.

      • Still on mill table


Motion to end: Richard L, Brandon L

Meeting ended: 21:04




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Brandon Lu
Secretary
MAG Laboratory
3960 Valley Blvd
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Walnut CA, 91789
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