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Get a tour of the metal shop, know which machines you need a safety check-off on, and learn more about the metal shop work space.

Are you a member missing our traditional Wednesday night hangout time? 
Are you a new member looking to meet others?
Are you a potential new member, looking to get some info about Twin Cities Maker? 
 
Join us in person to talk about our all volunteer community, the organization, and tour the communities workshop.

Open to everyone, an few hours of each month of discussion and practice of locksport: the study of locks, lockpicking and other aspects of physical security. Bring your picks, and practice locks, or borrow some from us. No experience necessary

Currently we are holding the event virtually here:go.tcmaker.org/locksport

Every new member, from expert wood workers to people just beginning, who wish to use the Wood Shop Needs to go through this orientation to Learn: 1) Proper procedures to use the SawStop, Miter, and Planer (Being a Community Wood shop, there are some special items that each member needs to know on these machines) 2) In depth tour of the Wood Shop - Get a sense of the "organization" of the shop to aid in finding tools 3) Wood Shop Policies and Best Practices

Working with new users, teaching one-on-one, sometimes multitasking with two or three users at once (on different machines) to keep it interesting. I am also available for consulting about projects and discussing what you need to get "checked off" to use the mills and lathes on your own. NOTE: unless you're already a trained machinist, be forewarned you won't get checked off until we've worked together multiple times. These machines are among the most complicated and unforgiving at the Hack Factory; learning to use them takes time. -Phil (Machine Shop Manager)

Signup and get our mandatory orientation out of the way here: go.tcmaker.org/newmember

 
Presentation Slides: go.tcmaker.org/orientationslides
Meeting link: http://go.tcmaker.org/orientationmeeting

Are you a new member of Twin Cities Maker? You've probably got some questions. Bring them along and get some answers!

Have you been a member of TCMaker for a while? Come by and meet some new people, and answer some questions! (And maybe ask some yourself...)

Bad Movies, love them or hate them, we still watch them. If you liked ms3k then join us in an evening of bad movies.

Are you a member missing our traditional Wednesday night hangout time? 
Are you a new member looking to meet others?
Are you a potential new member, looking to get some info about Twin Cities Maker? 
 
Join us in person to talk about our all volunteer community, the organization, and tour the communities workshop.

Get a tour of the metal shop, know which machines you need a safety check-off on, and learn more about the metal shop work space.

go.tcmaker.org/boardmeeting


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Are you a member missing our traditional Wednesday night hangout time? 
Are you a new member looking to meet others?
Are you a potential new member, looking to get some info about Twin Cities Maker? 
 
Join us in person to talk about our all volunteer community, the organization, and tour the communities workshop.

Signup and get our mandatory orientation out of the way here: go.tcmaker.org/newmember

 
Presentation Slides: go.tcmaker.org/orientationslides
Meeting link: http://go.tcmaker.org/orientationmeeting

Are you a new member of Twin Cities Maker? You've probably got some questions. Bring them along and get some answers!

Have you been a member of TCMaker for a while? Come by and meet some new people, and answer some questions! (And maybe ask some yourself...)

Learn about the CNC routers at Twin Cities Maker.Join this in-person orientation to learn more about the CNC routers at Twin Cities Maker. This event will cover: Equipment and tools we haveRules and restrictionsHow to get signed offVolunteer opportunitiesCAD/CAM demoDemo on the 4x8 machineMembers and non-members are welcome.

Learn about the CNC routers at Twin Cities Maker.Join this in-person orientation to learn more about the CNC routers at Twin Cities Maker. This event will cover: Equipment and tools we haveRules and restrictionsHow to get signed offVolunteer opportunitiesCAD/CAM demoDemo on the 4x8 machineMembers and non-members are welcome.

Learn about the CNC routers at Twin Cities Maker.Join this in-person orientation to learn more about the CNC routers at Twin Cities Maker. This event will cover: Equipment and tools we haveRules and restrictionsHow to get signed offVolunteer opportunitiesCAD/CAM demoDemo on the 4x8 machineMembers and non-members are welcome.

Are you a member missing our traditional Wednesday night hangout time? 
Are you a new member looking to meet others?
Are you a potential new member, looking to get some info about Twin Cities Maker? 
 
Join us in person to talk about our all volunteer community, the organization, and tour the communities workshop.

Get a tour of the metal shop, know which machines you need a safety check-off on, and learn more about the metal shop work space.

Are you a member missing our traditional Wednesday night hangout time? 
Are you a new member looking to meet others?
Are you a potential new member, looking to get some info about Twin Cities Maker? 
 
Join us in person to talk about our all volunteer community, the organization, and tour the communities workshop.

Every new member, from expert wood workers to people just beginning, who wish to use the Wood Shop Needs to go through this orientation to Learn: 1) Proper procedures to use the SawStop, Miter, and Planer (Being a Community Wood shop, there are some special items that each member needs to know on these machines) 2) In depth tour of the Wood Shop - Get a sense of the "organization" of the shop to aid in finding tools 3) Wood Shop Policies and Best Practices

This Class is For Members of Twin Cities Maker at the Hack Factory Only (to become a member visit us Any Wednesday Night from 7pm-9pm) Please Print and Bring Your Ticket with You This class will cover everything you need to know to safely operate the 25X2 Drum Sander at the Hack Factory.  You'll get hands on time with the drum sander along with some valuable information on how to use the machine to its full potential. All proceeds from this class will go into purchasing and maintaining the drum sander and sand paper for the machine.

We would like to encourage all members of Twin Cities Maker to attend our annual membership meeting on October 2nd. To ensure everyone is comfortable, the meeting will be held both in person at the maker space and over Zoom

This is your opportunity to talk about organizational and shop issues that are important to you. We anticipate the current agenda will take an hour to address and there will be an informal Q&A afterward which will last no longer than an hour.

Meeting Agenda

The full meeting agenda will be sent to all members the week prior to the meeting. If you would like to submit a topic for discussion you are welcome to add to the meeting agenda by emailing the board with a suggested topic.

Currently the meeting agenda includes:

• Review of yearly financials
• Summary of major projects and changes
  • Tool acquisition
  • Shop reorganization
  • New billing system
• General updates
  • TC Maker lease status
  • Volunteering and community 
  • HazMat program
  • Funding tool acquisitions
  • Possibility of dues increase
• Voting for two new board members
• Open Q&A discussion

Board Nominations

Two board members will be elected to serve three-year terms on the board of directors. We are always looking for individuals interested in joining our leadership team. Board members are responsible for managing and approving the appropriation of funds, guiding the direction of the makerspace via policy, working with members to craft policy that represents the diversity of the organization, and being actively committed to the mission ofthe organization.

We look forward to seeing everyone and hearing from the membership. Thank you all for being a part of our community.

TC Maker Board