[ELECTRON] Proposed new club + Arduino meet up

Kyle Gordon kyle at lodge.glasgownet.com
Thu Oct 13 21:28:15 UTC 2011 

That's awesome. Excellent work :-)

On 13/10/2011 21:26, Kieran Wyse wrote:
> Thanks all for coming to the Glasgow Open Source Hardware Group meeting.
>
> It was good to see you all.
>
> Anyway here is the website http://goshg.org.uk.
>
>
> There is a list of the hardware that we will need under the reprap project
>
>
>  Feel free to add and edit and one wanting administrator privileges 
> let me know.
>
>
>  I have also add a list of parts for the reprap. If anyone has some 
> things they are willing to give ......
>
>
> Thanks
>
> kieran.
>
>
>
> On 1 October 2011 11:51, Kieran Wyse <kieranwyse at gmail.com 
> <mailto:kieranwyse at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks for this , posted a message on the events part of the
>     arduino forum.
>
>     It sounds like you are making good progress.
>
>     Thanks
>
>     Kieran
>
>
>     On 1 October 2011 08:27, Blair Thompson <mail at justblair.co.uk
>     <mailto:mail at justblair.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>         The official Arduino forum has a couple of places that are
>         relevant….
>
>         http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=32bdfb4b9ec69eecf25541f9b8a88f7e&board=27.0
>         <http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=32bdfb4b9ec69eecf25541f9b8a88f7e&board=27.0>
>
>         for announcing workshops..
>
>         http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/board,28.0.html
>
>         for talking about local groups.
>
>         Regards
>
>         Blair
>
>         Ps last night I 3D printed my first half decent prints.  Still
>         got some fine tuning to do, but getting there.
>
>         *From:*members-bounces at electronclub.org
>         <mailto:members-bounces at electronclub.org>
>         [mailto:members-bounces at electronclub.org
>         <mailto:members-bounces at electronclub.org>] *On Behalf Of
>         *Kieran Wyse
>         *Sent:* 30 September 2011 23:04
>
>
>         *To:* Discussion list for the Electron Club
>         *Subject:* Re: [ELECTRON] Proposed new club + Arduino meet up
>
>         Hi Blair,
>
>
>
>         you mention that we could post on an arduino forum. Can you
>         remember which one?
>
>         Thanks
>
>         Kieran.
>
>         On 30 September 2011 19:31, Kieran Wyse <kieranwyse at gmail.com
>         <mailto:kieranwyse at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi Blair,
>
>         Well done on getting your printer to print.
>
>         I unfortunately don't think I'll be able to get to the
>         electron club before the next meet up to scavenge. If they are
>         still there by next Thursday then I'll start with a screw driver.
>
>
>         As to modifying the calendar
>
>         The username and password for the electron club calendar is
>
>           'electronclub' and the password 'clubcal', and click the
>         'Login' button.
>
>         The full how to is
>
>         http://www.electronclub.org/doku.php?id=howto:calendar
>
>         Hope this helps
>
>         Kieran
>
>         On 26 September 2011 23:37, Blair Thompson
>         <mail at justblair.co.uk <mailto:mail at justblair.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>             Hi Kieran
>
>             In terms of the Meeting dates, my diary is free for now
>             FWIW, sounds good.
>
>             GOSG sounds fine to me.  If the domain is cheap enough
>             then go for it,  If I can help on the website stuff give
>             me a shout.
>
>             Reprap wise.  I am happy to contribute in plastic (that’s
>             thermo-plastic) if I can get coax the current love of my
>             life into working.  Had a slight hot end melty melty
>             problem!  Waiting for parts.  I did print a rather
>             fetching plastic moustache!
>
>             For your component list..  I can help with a list of
>             receipts to whoever is wishing to do the collating…
>
>             Top tips though…
>
>             Don’t let those old PCs get chucked out from the corner
>             till you have robbed them of their power supplies.  Clip
>             off the molex plugs that the boards connect to as well. 
>             In fact if someone can also harvest the power connectors
>             on the motherboards as well that will be useful.
>
>             Someone also suggested that they had a modest collection
>             of 8mm threaded rod.  If we pull together that as well I
>             think we could cobble together a lot of the printer
>             without paying out hard cash.
>
>             Same could be said for the electronics.  I am sure.  I may
>             have suitable mosfets for heaters etc.  Though stepper
>             motor drivers may be easier to just buy.  I do have plenty
>             of .1’ female pcb connectors and some strip board (though
>             printing pcb is within the skill set of several of us)
>
>             For a community device I think we should be aiming for
>             cheap as we can.  Those that want to create their own from
>             the first can then spend as little or as much as they feel
>             it is worth to them.
>
>             Good luck on the sponsorship front, but I think if we aim
>             to scavenge rather than look for hard cash we can keep the
>             costs down.  I reckon we will probably need to buy the
>             stepper motors unless we get really lucky on the
>             scavenging front.
>
>             Regards
>
>             Blair
>
>             PS my first attempt at sending this mail hit a moderator
>             approval.  Sorry if you all get spammed with a double post
>
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