Hiho.
Any volunteers for giving a talk/workshop in January? Generally organised for the third Thursday, so Jan 17th (ish)… Suggested themes/talkers also good.
Jess
Hi Jess
Not sure I wants to do this month, but how long and were, and is it only people from the makerspace?
Roger
Length/theme is totally up to you. We usually advertise them on meetup and facebook, so in theory non-members can attend (for a £5 guest fee + materials if necessary), though this doesn’t often happen.
Location is at the space - usually upstairs around the big tables, though will depend on what the workshop/talk is about and so on.
Jess
May think about doing in feb and want embedded software is.
I keep thinking about doing a set videos on embedded software, as I been writing 23ish years, and most people have used my software, if not in your set top box, or when you plug your laptop in to a hotel network, …
and Toni said I could do 1 on Blender (Blender was 25 years old a few days ago)
I mainly need more practice standing up in front of people.
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Sounds good to me! I’m looking at doing one on laser cutting, targeted at board game box inserts, in Jan…
If there was enough interest on Tinkercad I could a talk on that. Although it is not as sophisticated as the other it’s not bad now with some good features for modeling especially for 3D prints. I know quite a few tricks to get the best from it.
It pretty easy to learn in an evening as well!
Tuesday nights are normally ok for me.
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Sounds like a good idea to me, Mal!
Hey Roger,
We still need a talk for March… Feel like doing one? Embedded or Blender, your pick… I’d like to learn blender as a tool for adjusting existing models.
Jess
Hi Jess
is it this Thursday or next Thursday?
I could do a basic intro in to Blender 2.79, and modeling a basic object for 3d printing, I was thinking of a plant pot, as it will show a lot of the basics and show things to think about when modeling for 3d printing.
I am still working out 2.80, they have changed UI and it is still in beta and every time I look they have changed the UI a little more.
it would be better if everyone has a laptop so they can try, but you will need a 3 button mouse with a wheel, normal MS mouse will do, Blender is very hard to do with a touch pad on a laptop, and a number pad helps as will.
The limiting thing is my back, I will start upstairs, it may finish in the chill room with a cup of tea, and me back in my chair.
Roger
Thursday 21st would be great, Blender sounds good, we can always tell people what equipment they’ll need to bring etc.
We could put up tables+chairs in the workshop if that would be more practical for you? Else we can just see how it goes.
Jess