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Still tinkering with Arduino connected to the occult world.

John

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Just to confirm that the next meeting date is the 30th January 2012, GIST Lab doors open from 6:45 please sign up here: http://bit.ly/shh1201 if you’re coming along.

February and March dates (if you want to get them in the diaries) are:
27 Feb
26 Mar

See you soon,

Hannah

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*warning* Rambling post ahead... Just wanted to say a quick thankyou, particularly to Andy and to Chris Palmerry, but to all the regular attendees of the build days. I bumped into Andy today as I walked up paradise street and he called me in to show me the parts that have been printed to mount the PCB on the lab reprap. This was significant, because Andy set my Son, AJ the task of designing these parts using some 3d modelling software called openscad.

Whilst I love what the reprap group are doing, I have to confess that I'm usually drowning under a thousand other things, and I do have a tenancy to being AJ into the lab and drop him on the reprap group. So my first thanks is to Andy for always finding something at the right level of both difficulty and interest to keep him occupied.. It's a truly special skill, and it's deeply appreciated.

On a more generic note tho... and this is the thing that I think is really important... It occurs to me that it might be possible to buy a reprap kit with completely off the shelf parts, assemble it, and start printing. Whilst I agree that the point of this is to get to a working 3d printer, there's always a part of me that thinks the journey is as important as the destination. When we get the lab reprap running, it'll be something that genuinely contains a part of everyone who's been involved, not in some odd metaphysical way, but in a concrete manner. Really, all I wanted to say was thanks to everyone.. I'm aware it's possible to just buy a reprap kit, but the way the build is going on at the lab seems to exemplify everything that I hoped we might achieve in the lab.

thanks so much to everyone, this has made a real difference to AJ and to me!

e

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianibbo/6477441089/in/photostream
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Build Day: http://reprapmakers1112.eventbrite.co.uk/
Rest of the Fest: http://thegisthub.net/2011/11/09/news/gist-craft-of-development-festival/

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Generation 6 electronics including opto's cable - $110

PLA Filament 3mm Color: Blue/White/Silver/Green Weight :5Kg - $100

Mendel's 3D Printer, which is a desktop 3D printer capable of printing plastic objects - $700-$1200

and many more mendel related parts....

If you're interested in buying our products, kindly visit our website-
http://makemendel.com/
or mail us at
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- The BIG build day is Saturday 29th, there are 6 builder tickets and the day will start 08:00 and run till 17:00, please register for a ticket if you wish to join us. (If there's lots of demand I'm sure more tickets can be released we've just set them at that as a realistic group size for how many parts of the machine there are to work on)

Self-builders (i.e. people with their own machines) are welcome to join us, we have space for 5-6 other machines, so if you want to join us and show off your working machine or join us in progressing your build, either way it'd be great to meet you and see what you're working on.

Also, if you're under confident about bashing our machine or don't want to build but do want to say 'hello' then we have a drop in ticket too. Please do sign up though so we know you're coming.
So, to tonight's event, mainly the focus was on what was needed for Saturday:

(1) Screwdrivers - please bring your own.
(2) Heat proof sleeve
(3) Wire (for connecting stepper motors)
(4) Battery drill (& related bits)
(5) Firmware for Sanguino Lolou
(6) Flat plastic plate cut out to strengthen end plates
(7) Tracing paper
(8) Fire cement
(9) Aruldite
(10) Assorted nuts and bolts
(11) 2-way molex
(12) Cutter thing/ dremmel
(13) Mounting for the board – to be made on the day.
(14) Cable ties
(15) Coping saw

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Suggestions for discussion on Monday, in no particular order and not wishing to be too prescriptive:

Getting firm commitment for enough builders to turn up on Saturday.

Assessing current state and determine how long it will take, based on other RepRap builds, to complete. Set a timetable, or at least agree concern/worry/panic timelines.

Ensuring we will have all the pieces and tools needed.

Maybe break down, agree and allocate sub-builds to individuals/groups; eg nozzle assembly, software, frame and motors, etc.

Any more suggestions? Please add them here before Monday.

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Two dates added for the final push on building the RepRap and repairing parts. Please remember to SIGN UP beforehand, builder tickets for the Sunday event are limited to ensure we have a focused group.

Monday 24th October (evening) - http://reprap1110.eventbrite.com

Saturday 29th October (all day) - http://reprap1110b.eventbrite.com

See you there!

Hannah

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Really nice to see you all again. Hopefully Andy will get a chance to post an update on what the group did today. Here's the links to the health related 'Oh My!' articles we discussed:

Via Janine - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15039216 Alpha Radiation treatment so effective trial's stopped early.

Joke via XKCD - http://xkcd.com/938/ related to this - Chimeric Antigen Receptor–Modified T Cells in Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia
David L. Porter, M.D., Bruce L. Levine, Ph.D., Michael Kalos, Ph.D., Adam Bagg, M.D., and Carl H. June, M.D.
August 10, 2011 (10.1056/NEJMoa1103849)

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1103849#t=articleTop

http://www.firstwordplus.com/Fws.do?src=corp_site&articleid=4287ECDA95A94A5B9AB7928A625C8CE2

H

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