Hello Makers,

Happy New Year! We are kicking it off with an introductory overview of MakerBot 3-D printing. Thanks to Ponoko and a handful of members who contributed we have access to a MakerBot at Tech Liminal, and we’ll bring it with us to TechShop SF

At this month’s FREE meeting we’ll cover at a high level:
- A brief overview of the types of 3-D printing
- When is printing to a MakerBot the right tool for the project? (benefits and limitations)

The steps required to bring your project from computer bits to physical atoms!
- Modeling (download a model | design your own object | scan a real object)
- Slicing (turning the solid model in to paths for the Bot to follow)
- Printing we’ll cover in a bit more detail: Powering up, testing and calibration, Setup, Print!

Given the time required to print an object we won’t have time for everyone to print something.

Also we want to see all the neat stuff you made this year so come with your best project and show it off! See what everyone else has done and get ideas for future Meetups.

This fun-for-all-ages event starts at 6:30pm. Children under 14 need to be accompanied by an adult.
(OK, this event will be a bit tech-heavy, but we do welcome anyone to come and see how it works first hand.)

New to Make:SF? Here is what you can do:
- New to making? Come and explore with a fun mini-project.
- Have an idea? Come and we will help you get started making it.
- Making something? Come and demo it. Get feedback and network with the Makers.
- Come to see the speakers we bring in talk about their projects, tools you can use, etc.

Thanks for joining our group! Keep us going strong by chipping in! Pay your Jan-Jun dues online today! (If you payed in December, you’re all set.) You can also pay cash or credit card in person at the meeting.
http://www.meetup.com…

See you soon!

Hello Makers,

Happy New Year! We are kicking it off with an introductory overview of MakerBot 3-D printing. Thanks to Ponoko and a handful of members who contributed we have access to a MakerBot at Tech Liminal.

At this month’s FREE meeting we’ll cover at a high level:
- A brief overview of the types of 3-D printing
- When is printing to a MakerBot the right tool for the project? (benefits and limitations)

The steps required to bring your project from computer bits to physical atoms!
- Modeling (download a model | design your own object | scan a real object)
- Slicing (turning the solid model in to paths for the Bot to follow)
- Printing we’ll cover in a bit more detail: Powering up, testing and calibration, Setup, Print!

At this Tech Liminal meeting our host Anca Mosoiu will discuss the details of how and when to rent time on the MakerBot. Given the time required to print an object we won’t have time for everyone to print something.

Also we want to see all the neat stuff you made this year so come with your best project and show it off! See what everyone else has done and get ideas for future Meetups.

This fun-for-all-ages event starts at 7:00pm. Children under 14 need to be accompanied by an adult.
(OK, this event will be a bit tech-heavy, but we do welcome anyone to come and see how it works first hand.)

New to Make:SF? Here is what you can do:
- New to making? Come and explore with a fun mini-project.
- Have an idea? Come and we will help you get started making it.
- Making something? Come and demo it. Get feedback and network with the Makers.
- Come to see the speakers we bring in talk about their projects, tools you can use, etc.

Thanks for joining our group! Keep us going strong by chipping in! Pay your Jan-Jun dues online today! (If you payed in December, you’re all set.) You can also pay cash or credit card in person at the meeting.
http://www.meetup.com…

See you soon!

Maker Faire 2010 starts Saturday morning at 10am

Make:SF will be hosting our usual hosts Tech Liminal and reMake Lounge.

Stop by EXPO Hall Booth 173 and say hello.

We’ll be demoing our mini-workshops (45 minutes – 8 people… first to sign up first served.) so join us to sharpen your soldering skills by assembling a Drawdio, or try your hand at a soft-circuit project.

Workshop schedule:

Saturday
11am – 12pm Drawdio
1pm – 2pm Soft Circuitry
3pm – 4pm Drawdio
5pm – 6pm Soft Circuitry

Sunday
11am – 12pm Soft Circuitry
1pm – 2pm Drawdio
3pm – 4pm Soft Circuitry

What the heck is Drawdio? We made them in a Make:SF mini-workshop a while back.

Making Drawdios in a Mini-Workshop

What about Soft Circuitry?

Interested? Stop by our booth and have a look, or better yet Join Us.

It's Alive! - Exhibition of Kinetic and Interactive Art

The Crucible’s Cathedral Gallery seeks Bay Area artists to participate in their upcoming juried group exhibit: ‘IT’S ALIVE!!! – An Exhibit of Kinetic and Interactive Art’ .  The exhibit will feature artists’ explorations combining art, movement and interaction. Any submission  capable of movement and active interaction, by either a motor, programming, directly per instructions by the observer, will be considered. Work must be in functioning order throughout duration of the exhibit to remain in the show. The exhibit will be held May 20th to July 2nd at the Crucible’s Cathedral Gallery located at 1603 Broadway in Downtown Oakland.

For more information and online submission form:
http://www.thecrucible.org/gallery/347

Deadline is May 7th!

TechShop seem too far away? Are you strictly “East Bay?” Two Make meetings in a month is just not enough?

Well, now there is a Make:SF location for you!

We will be meeting the 1st Tuesday of the month at
Tech Liminal
268 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612

(As always upcoming meetings are posted in the upper right of the Make:SF home page.)
Too soon for you? (It is tomorrow…) Well this is just a one hour kick off, we’ll have more meetings the 1st Tuesday of the month (and workshops too!) at this location in the future.

See you there!

-Make:SF

reMake Lounge Opening Party August 27th

reMake Lounge, our new downtown hosts are having a Launch Party… See you there!