[Weekly Meeting] 2026-02-24
Secretary of MAGLab
2026-02-24 Meeting Minutes
Call to order: 20:35
Attendees
Kevin Y. (Sam)
Ben C.
Brandon K.
Past Events
Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2026-02-20)
Rover team in crunch time
Aggressively Single Day MAGLab Field Trip (16:00, Sat 2026-02-14)
Apparently, there are a lot of scenic places around
Ben may have come out of this day with the best photos
Open House Party (18:00 Sun 2026-02-15)
Brian was there
Ben came later
Joan came to visit
Upcoming Events
Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2026-02-27)
Brandon Lu hosting
Ham Day / Open House Party (18:30, Sat 2026-03-14)
We eat the ham.
We eat pie.
Brandon is hosting
Section Lead Updates
Brandon (CTO, Curator)
Boards are here
Inverter board “working”
Drawing too much power
Working on a buck converter model
CPP Manufacturing Engineering students keep coming on Wednesdays
Something like 1/10th of the major shows up to this makerspace
Discussion Items
We have an opportunity to apply for the Walmart SparkGood grant
Next round of apps are in March
Likely to look at other grants
Lowes
Home Depot
Target?
Harbor Freight?
Ifixit?
Lowe’s Community Bucket List grant (renamed)
We fit criteria fairly well. Fits better than any other one seen so far. Fit so nicely, we might try applying every year.
Applications open
3 weeks to figure out
Use past CBL projects for inspiration
Support more student projects / Support what colleges don’t do
Expand the repair kitchen concept
Wishlist
Mill
Laser Cutter (big)
Band saw
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
There is a monitor in the tools area now
Software needs updates
Motion to end: Brandon L., Kevin Y. (Sam)
Meeting ended: 21:06
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