Come out to the Hack Factory this evening for a few hours of electronic hackery.
Then this night is for you!
We’ll be set-up in the classroom between 7pm and 10pm. Come on out and explore your electronic hacking skills.
Come out to the hack factory to enjoy an evening of tabletop gaming. Please bring a game, a snack to share and a couple dollars if you would like pizza. Event itself is free and open to all ages. Bring friends and family and enjoy some great social time.
HMMM is back building again, HMMM 10 will be a build night.
Twin Cities Maker Member and founder of Crazy But Able, John Wilson will be hosting a building of his new kit the Stella Amp. There are a limited number of seats available for the class so sign up early. Handmade Music will be providing the soldering stations and solder, you can bring your own irons if you would like as well.
No prior knowledge of soldering is needed there will be some people to help you along the way if this is your first time around the iron.
Due to the soldering irons this class is limited to persons of 8 years of age or older.
Details:
Date: 10/7/11 7:00 to 9:30pm
Location: The Hack Factory
Cost: $35,
Open to the Public
Register: Via Eventbrite
# of seats: 8 total for current count see the eventbrite site.
Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye!
Twin Cities Maker shall be appearing at the illustrious King’s Fair in Minneapolis this coming Saturday!
At the behest of the King, His Court, and a Jester’s mirthful bidding, we beseech thee to join us for fun, food, and game, at the Park of Matthews.
The merriment commences at 12 noon and shall persist until 5 PM. For the goodness and sake of our beloved Sewardship, we plead thee also to partake of the historical makings of our fair affair.
Modeled after SparkFun’s Soldering class, TC Maker is offering a soldering class. The kit and the price is all the same but the location is a not Denver, it’s Minneapolis.
Description: If you’ve never soldered before, this is the class for you! This course teaches through-hole (90% of electronic kits) soldering and is recommended for the beginner. This is a hands-on class where the students learn techniques to help them solder through-hole components. Soldering can be daunting for the first solder joint, then the 2nd solder joint is not so bad, and by the time you’ve assembled the Simon game, you will be quite confident and proficient in basic soldering skills.
Classes take place at The Hack Factory. We provide all the tools, irons, solder, parts, and seats for 8 students. You’ll be soldering the Simon PTH Kit. By the end of the night, you will have a functioning game to take home and show off to your friends (we get funny looks all the time).
There is a minimum age requirement of 8 years old, but other than that, anyone is encouraged to sign up. We teach people all the time with no previous soldering experience!
The class is expected to take around 1 hour to complete, there is a buffer built in in case we go a bit longer.
Prerequisites: None! Just bring you. The class price includes the cost of the Simon Kit. The class is open to the public and to members.
What to bring: TC Maker will provide all the tools, irons and solder.
Proceeds above will go to help keep TC Maker electronics area, we want to get some decent components for the place. We will also be accepting other donations, including components if you have any around. If you are so inclined please do donate.
Time and Place: Friday Aug 26th 7:00pm to 10:00pm at the Hack Factory.
Who is Teaching: Paul Sobczak, Electrical Engineer, and other TC Maker members.
The class is $40. Sign up on theEventbrite page.
Thanks to all who came in and helped clean up the Hack Factory over the last two weekends. Here are a few pictures from the first time around.
http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=104087
Handmade Music 9
Sunday, August 28 at 8:00pm
Location: Hack Factory, Minneapolis
Birthday Party for Leon Theremin!!
Ice Cream
Theremins
Documentary
Paul Metzger
Kevin Cosgrove
Dustbuns
Hey got any stuff that you’d like to put in a garage sale, but dont want to bother with actually having a garage sale?
Well, your in luck! we will take care of that for you.
First Annual TC MAKERS Garage Sale at the Hack Factory
We need to raise some funds for a couple of infrastructure projects that benefit all the members.
Hows this sound?
– shop-wide dust collection
– refurbished bathrooms and member locker space
– air-conditioning more of the shop
– air power for the entire space
Now that we have your attention. we need all that stuff sitting in your garage and basement that you could donate to a fundraiser garage sale for the Hack Factory “Make the Hack Factory Nicer For All” Fund.
Tentative Sale date Sept 17-18st
Tentative Setup and pack in Sept 14th
Note- date changed to allow more collection time and announce at wen meeting.
The plan is to clean out/up the hack factory the previous weekend and identify items we no longer want. Those items will either be thrown out or designated as garage sale items.
Bring your stuff to the hack factory with prices/name attached. The plan is to advertise the garage sale as a geek/maker centric sale.
Any questions or comments, please post to the forum.
It’s time for another round of Handmade Music!
Number 8 will be held on July 25 9pm at the Hack Factory.
Bring your ears and toys. The event is free and open to the public.
Handmade Music Minneapolis Blog
Join the Facebook event and pass it on to your friends!
http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=104087
Pictures and videos from the 7/6/11 Open Hack at the Hack Factory.
Twin Cities Maker operates an open house every Wednesday from 7:00pm till late, and it’s open to the public! If you are interested in getting to know what TCMaker is about, or just want something to do on a Wednesday night stop by and say hello. Bring a project if you’re working one, or a problem if you need something fixed, we might be able to help.
We now have over 2,000 images in the Twin Cities Maker Flickr pool too!
