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Laser infobase

Sdcharle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:58:20 GMT

Makevention

Jtillots — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:56 GMT

‎Possible Events:

Mill training

Dosman — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:17:40 GMT

Metal Lathe training

Dosman — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:16:10 GMT

Makevention

Jtillots — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:45:21 GMT

‎Possible Sponsors:

CCTV Network

Dosman — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:26:54 GMT

File:Blabs CCTV Network-today.png

Dosman — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:15:31 GMT

Dosman uploaded "File:Blabs CCTV Network-today.png" Blabs CCTV network as of 5-2013

Main Page

Dakmh — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:22:18 GMT

‎Who are we?:

CCTV Network

Dosman — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:18:03 GMT

File:BLabs CCTV Network - today.pdf

Dosman — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:17:15 GMT

Dosman uploaded "File:BLabs CCTV Network - today.pdf" Bloominglabs CCTV network diagram as of 5-2013

Laser infobase

Dakmh — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:32:17 GMT

‎Laser settings:

Main Page

Dakmh — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:05:04 GMT

Updated to re-prioritize content for public use; added minor workshop info

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Laser

Dakmh — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:54:11 GMT

‎Gantry:

User:Heath

Heath — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:07:31 GMT

Created page with "Hello, my name is Heath and have been a member of Bloominglabs since April 2013. Since then I have done stuff and it was good."

New page

Hello, my name is Heath and have been a member of Bloominglabs since April 2013. Since then I have done stuff and it was good.

Main Page

Heath — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:05:39 GMT

‎Current Events (PastEvents):

RainBarrels

Heath — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:58:08 GMT

Created page with "I have a couple sources of cheap, one-use poly barrels. I will be making the following out the barrels: == Rain barrel == I'm using 55 gallon poly barrels to make the rain ba..."

New page

I have a couple sources of cheap, one-use poly barrels. I will be making the following out the barrels:

== Rain barrel ==
I'm using 55 gallon poly barrels to make the rain barrels. I'm following these instructions (link to come):

If a member wants to make it themselves, it would cost anywhere between $20 - $40, depending on the cost of the barrel and chosen materials. I will be selling them complete for $50 - $60, but will offer a member discount. Watch for the rain barrel workshops!

== Compost barrel ==
A 55 gallon poly barrel is used to make the rolling compost barrel. More info to come.

== Barrel planter ==
I will be using 30 gallon poly barrels to make the plant towers. I'm really excited to make these and hope they become a hit due to the amount of plants you can fit into a small space. More info to come.

MedicineCabinets

Heath — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:45:36 GMT

Created page with "I bought quite a few cabinets that were returned to the store. Quite a few either came apart or needed some pieces replaced."

New page

I bought quite a few cabinets that were returned to the store. Quite a few either came apart or needed some pieces replaced.

CribbageBoard

Heath — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:17:03 GMT

CribbageBoard

Heath — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:09:37 GMT

Created page with "This was a christmas gift to my wife christmas 2011. It stayed in a partially completed state for over a year as I didn't have the tools required to finish it. After joining B..."

New page

This was a christmas gift to my wife christmas 2011. It stayed in a partially completed state for over a year as I didn't have the tools required to finish it. After joining Bloominglabs, I gained the tools and the set aside time to finish it.

Pictures to come.

HeathsProjects

Heath — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:06:50 GMT

Laser

Dakmh — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:55:30 GMT

Added minimal software section

HeathsProjects

Heath — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:29:11 GMT

Created page with "It's alive! == For Fun == * Cribbage Board == For Profit == * Medicine Cabinet Repair * [RainBarrels|Barrel repurposing]]"

New page

It's alive!

== For Fun ==
* [[CribbageBoard|Cribbage Board]]

== For Profit ==
* [[MedicineCabinets|Medicine Cabinet Repair]]
* [RainBarrels|Barrel repurposing]]

Projects

Heath — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:23:59 GMT

‎Project Index and Resources:

User:Heath

Admin — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:55:29 GMT

User account Heath was created by Admin

New Members

Dosman — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:52:55 GMT

Makevention

Jtillots — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:25:28 GMT

‎Exhibitors:

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 |-
 | Plywood, unknown, 1/8"  || || 7 || 100 || 500 || || || || even 1/8" plywood takes two passes at 7 or 6% speed.  Lots of charring.
 |-
 ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#cccccc" | Plastics

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 ** Ecovillage
 * Saturday night Par-Tay at Bloominglabs
 == Entertainment ==
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 * Local beer and wine making companies
 ** Upland (Nathan & Jenett) - Tim Spears - 812-336-2337
-*** Marc will help?
+*** Upland can't be involved with anything when there are kids there. :(
 * Cook (Therese & Jenett)
 ** Steve has an engineering friend he is working with
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 ** Entrepeneurship Institute - Steve Bryant
 * Bender (Nathan & Jenett) - Paul Bender - 812-339-9730 x210
 * Boston Scientific in Spencer
 * Cummins

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	This site has some more reading material on using mills:		This site has some more reading material on using mills:
	* [http://jjjtrain.com/vms/library.html http://jjjtrain.com/vms/library.html]		* [http://jjjtrain.com/vms/library.html http://jjjtrain.com/vms/library.html]
		+
		+
		+	== Supplementary books ==
		+	* [http://books.google.com/books?id=pPoNZB4xqHoC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Machinery's Handbook Pocket Companion]

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 * [http://www.americanmachinetools.com/how_to_use_a_lathe.htm http://www.americanmachinetools.com/how_to_use_a_lathe.htm] - A deeper read on lathes and how to use them
 * [http://www.wewilliams.net/SBLibrary.htm http://www.wewilliams.net/SBLibrary.htm] - Complete PDF's of older lathe manuals, all still relavent information.
 == Video Tutorials ==

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 * PTI
 * Local beer and wine making companies
-** Upland (Nathan & Jenett)
+** Upland (Nathan & Jenett) - Tim Spears - 812-336-2337
 *** Marc will help?
 * Cook (Therese & Jenett)
 ** Steve has an engineering friend he is working with
-* Ivy Tech (Therese & Jenett)
+* Ivy Tech (Nathan & Jenett)
 ** Entrepeneurship Institute - Steve Bryant
-* Bender (Nathan & Jenett)
+* Bender (Nathan & Jenett) - Paul Bender - 812-339-9730 x210
 * Boston Scientific in Spencer
 * Cummins

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 == Diagram ==
 [[File:BLabs_CCTV_Network_-_today.pdf]]
 == Video sources ==
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 * 5-disk DVD changer
 * VCR
-* Composite feed from front room (camcorder)
+* Composite feed from laser room (camcorder - view of laser cutter bed)
 Additionally we can switch to our cable TV feed (which comes with our cable internet access).
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 == RF Modulator ==
 We have a frequency agile RF modulator which can output channels 2-99, currently set for channel 6. We plan to add additional channels as more RF modulators are accumulated.
 == Splitter ==
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 * All TV's on the coax network
 * Projector in front room (2nd composite output of switcher to VGA converter in A/V rack)
 === Possible additions: ===

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 == Who are we? ==
-Bloominglabs was forged from the Bloomington Hackerspace Initiative and the former IU Robotics Club. We are a bunch of people that want to do interesting things and explore the world and technology around us.
+We are a bunch of people that want to do interesting things and explore the world and technology around us.  Expression of this interest takes at least as many forms as we have members, and often employs an amalgam of found and newly-constructed hardware and/or open-source and self-authored software components, but may be as simple as screwing some pieces of wood together to make a useful tool we don't have yet.
-*[[Bylaws]]
 == Stay informed ==

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	[[Image:Cctv_rack01.jpg\|none\|thumb\|200px\|A/V Rack]]		[[Image:Cctv_rack01.jpg\|none\|thumb\|200px\|A/V Rack]]
		+
		+	== Diagram ==
		+	[[File:BLabs_CCTV_Network_-_today.pdf]]

	== Video sources ==		== Video sources ==

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 | Mirror ~ glass side                 ||  ||    ||     ||    ||    35   ||   100    ||       || Do not vector cut. Raster makes pretty pictures on glass.
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 [[Category:Laser]]

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	The floor can be cleaned the same as the grid (minus the soaking, of course).		The floor can be cleaned the same as the grid (minus the soaking, of course).
		+
		+	== Alignment ==
		+
		+	Our laser is currently: Chaotic Good.
		+
		+	=== Optics ===
		+
		+	After you clean the laser, it's a good idea to check alignment of the optics. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pajHlcezujU This video] can help walk you through that process. The manual contains a full description of the alignment process.
		+
		+	=== Gantry ===
		+
		+	Optics aren't the only things that need alignment: we had a problem with the lens gantry being off-square. It was producing parallelograms instead of rectangles in some cases. There appear to be a couple potential methods to fix this. The one [[User:Dakmh\| I]] found easiest was to [http://www.fullspectrumengineering.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7768&p=12203 de-couple the drive shaft between left and right rails]. This method only requires loosening one setscrew (right side of the right coupler), and allows the sides of the gantry to be adjusted independently without messing with anything else.
		+
		+	Make sure you realign the optics after aligning the gantry. You should be able to just adjust mirror 2 to bring the spot back in line with mirror 3, but it's good to check the whole optical path.

	== [[Laser_infobase \| Materials]] ==		== [[Laser_infobase \| Materials]] ==

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 *'''Decorate the 4th Street pedestrian bridge for WCIW!'''
 **The third week of April is World Creativity & Innovation Week. Bloominglabs is going to celebrate by decorating the pedestrian bridge that runs over 4th Street connecting Fountain Square Mall to the Garage Art parking garage.
-**We will be meeting at Bloominglabs on Tuesday, April 16th, between 6pm and 10pm to brainstorm and starting building. This is a free, public, all-ages event. Everyone is welcome including art groups who want to be in on the project.
+**We met at Bloominglabs on Tuesday, April 16th, between 6pm and 10pm to brainstorm. We came up with quite a few decorative ideas for the bridge.
-**We'll build what we can on Tuesday evening, finish the build on Wednesday and install on Thursday. So come Tueday, bring your ideas, and if you have interesting materials you would like to use, bring those too! See you there!
+**
 *'''Makevention'''

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−	~~This~~ was a christmas gift to my wife christmas 2011. It stayed in a partially completed state for over a year as I didn't have the tools required to finish it. After joining Bloominglabs, I gained the tools and the set aside time to finish it.	+	== Story ==
		+	The cribbage board was a christmas gift for my wife christmas 2011. It stayed in a partially completed state for over a year as I didn't have the tools required to finish it (also, general laziness). After joining Bloominglabs, I gained the tools and the set aside time to finish the project and make my wife very happy.
		+
		+	== Build ==
		+	It is made of Brazilian cherry (jatoba) that was a co-worker's left over flooring.
		+	The gems are from michaels.
		+	The pegs are from ebay.
		+
		+
		+	== Pictures ==

	Pictures to come.		Pictures to come.

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-It's alive!
+It's alive (or at least on life support)!
-== For Fun ==
+== Done / nearly so ==
 * [[CribbageBoard|Cribbage Board]]
 * [[MedicineCabinets|Medicine Cabinet Repair]]
 * [RainBarrels|Barrel repurposing]]

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	As you cut and engrave materials with the laser, please record the settings you had success with there.		As you cut and engrave materials with the laser, please record the settings you had success with there.
		+
		+	== Software ==
		+
		+	Prints, whether cuts or engraves, go through Full Spectrum's RetinaEngrave virtual print driver and motion control interpreter. Anything that will print in Windows should be able to print to this.
		+
		+	[http://inkscape.org/ Inkscape] is a free, cross-platform, open source vector graphics tool that works well for setting up vector cuts.
		+
		+	[http://www.gimp.org/ GIMP] is a free, cross-platform, open source raster graphics tool that works well for editing images to be engraved.

	== Using the removable bottom ==		== Using the removable bottom ==

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 ** [[RepRap Prusa i2]]
 * [[Daniel%27s_Projects|Daniel's Projects]]
 == Classes ==

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 == New Bloominglabs Member Information ==
-This page is to help new members get to know what resources are available to you as a member. You have been added to our invoicing system so you will now receive monthly dues invoices. Your email has also been subscribed to our announce and members email lists unless you opted out.
+This page is to help new members get to know what resources are available to you as a member. If you have not already done so, please look over our [[Membership Manual]].
-If you have not already done so, please look over our [[Membership Manual]].
+==== Dues payments ====
 ==== From our website you can navigate to all of our IT resources====
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 For the dues and assets sites, an email has been sent to you which includes the logins for these sites.
-==== Additional resources ====
+==== Additional online resources ====
 * [https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=bloominglabs%40gmail.com&ctz=America/New_York Bloominglabs Google Event Calendar]
 * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/bloominglabs Bloominglabs Flickr account]
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 * [http://www.facebook.com/pages/BloomingLabs/123873197660062?ref=ts Facebook]
-If you want to get involved with our social media outreach, please contact the officers (contact@bloominglabs.org). They usually know the logins to these services ;-). Lastly please tell your friends and neighbors about us! You can use contact@bloominglabs.org as a point of contact for anyone who wishes to reach us.
+If you want to get involved with our social media outreach, please contact the officers (contact at bloominglabs dot org). They usually know the logins to these services ;-). Lastly please tell your friends and neighbors about us! You can use contact at bloominglabs dot org as a point of contact for anyone who wishes to reach us.
-−
-Lastly, you can modify your mailing list settings from these links:
-* [http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce bloominglabs-announce]
-* [http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-members bloominglabs-members]
-−
 Thanks!

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 * EGBG's - a Bloomington glass blowing shop
 * Knitting club
 == Possible Events ==
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 * PTI
 * Local beer and wine making companies
-** Upland (Therese & Jenett)
+** Upland (Nathan & Jenett)
 * Cook (Therese & Jenett)
 * Ivy Tech (Therese & Jenett)
-* Bender (Therese & Jenett)
+** Entrepeneurship Institute - Steve Bryant
 * Boston Scientific in Spencer
 * Cummins
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 * Bloomington Technology Partnership
 ** Ron Walker (Steve)
 * SproutBox (Steve)
 * Mark Krenz/SUSO (Nathan)
 * Layne Hydro (Steve)
 == Contacts ==