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August 1st – A Dedicated Makerspace
It's happening. As of August 1st, Spark Studio Salem has a leased physical location, 2701 22nd Street SE. We have the existing list of renewing patrons / super-patrons at the $50 to $200/mo level for the first year, those people that stepped up to make this possible before we had anything locked in. We’ll continue … Continue reading August 1st – A Dedicated Makerspace
June / July 2022 – Prelude to a Space!
First Tuesday Social for June at Ratchet went well, and later in the month, we heard that Ratchet was moving. After some conversations with the owner, we started to see this as a right-size starter makerspace location that checked the boxes for the criteria the board had just been discussing: 1295 sq ft, bathroom, sinks, … Continue reading June / July 2022 – Prelude to a Space!
April / May 2022 wrap-up
First Tuesday Socials resumed as in-person events in April at Ratchet Brewery, with large attendence of those eager to see humans in the relative safety of outdoor tables. The Solar Trailer was brought out as exhibit, and we discussed ways to divide power to isolate power tools from more sensitive computers and 3d printers. For … Continue reading April / May 2022 wrap-up
March 2022 wrap-up
FIRST TUESDAY SOCIAL - MARCH (featured image: Gary working on a COB light) 11 people attended (including a first time visitor) We talked about the large collection of electronic parts that Microportal has been sharing at their meetings (aka, 'The Dragon Hoard'), and talked about how to use pulse-width modulation to dim some of the … Continue reading March 2022 wrap-up
Dec 2021 – Feb 2022 Spark Board Summary
Investigated / decided on new bank (MaPS Credit Union) re fees, services, and accessibility, starting in March.Standing agenda item to discuss in-person meetups and/or resuming hunt for physical facilities: First step is resuming physical Social meetups. Between Omicron and cold weather, stuck with virtual First Tuesday Social meetings for Jan/Feb/March. Considering physical meetup at April … Continue reading Dec 2021 – Feb 2022 Spark Board Summary
January / February 2022 wrap-up
In the virtual 1st Tuesday for January, a participant talked extensively about his experience assembling a 3d printable micro jib (https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-micro-jib-181909). 12 attended virtual 1st Tuesday for February, including a few new faces. Our friends in the Microportal Electronics Club received a large donation of a retired Las Vegas repair tech's collection of parts, which … Continue reading January / February 2022 wrap-up
November / December 2021 wrap-up
Let there be chairs and light - Spark Solar Trailer Trailer update - New 12v solar charge controller feeding two 105Ah batteries, 3000w pure-sine inverter, tested with 7A power saw (dimmed light). Prompted discussion about how to partition power for more sensitive electronics. Have free 2nd 1500w modified-sine inverter that should be temporary solution (want … Continue reading November / December 2021 wrap-up
September / October 2021 wrap-up
Virtual First Tuesday meetings went well, including new people like one that mentioned his antique C64 computer still needed a 9v switching power supply, and another that had this and other C64 parts! Trailer - In September Chris was working on battery charger system ((5) 100a batteries being power cycled / tested). JG put together … Continue reading September / October 2021 wrap-up
August 2021 wrapup
For August 1st Tuesday we had 2nd live meeting of the year, 10+ people participated at Vagabond Brewing, and the bartender was even nice enough to open the rollup door by our tables on a very hot summer evening. We had lots of tablespace to gather safely, but alas no food (though sushi was available … Continue reading August 2021 wrapup
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