ALSO,<div><br></div><div>We just got 300 stepper motors for $2/each. You guys want some? NEMA 23 size, other specs aren't confirmed yet.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 7:47 PM, ryan martin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryan.jason.martin@gmail.com">ryan.jason.martin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(80, 0, 80);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px">1. He has strong opinion of how the direction of <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-repeat:initial initial">Freeside</span> should go that is not part of our manifesto / creed . (I don't have any clear examples of that)<br>
2. There are many people who are living in his new space at C7. He will bring them into <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-repeat:initial initial">Freeside</span> at various hours to work on C7 stuff. <br>
3. He will be using <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-repeat:initial initial">Freeside</span> as a catalyst to get his maker space/Co-Op at C7 going. He has already asked for stuff and he has signified he would like to build stuff for his space. It's no coincedence that he chose Metropolitan as a space after visiting <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 136);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-repeat:initial initial">Freeside</span> late last year. <br>
4. He seems to have ulterior motives.</span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(80, 0, 80);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><div><font color="#500050" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><br>
</span></font></div><div><font color="#500050" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">^^^ The 4 reasons I was blocked as a member, personally. These are about a year old now. They have a system in place for voting a new member in. It's anonymous so we have no idea who blocked the vote or how many did. I dunno<br>
</span></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 7:35 PM, WebDawg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:webdawg@gmail.com" target="_blank">webdawg@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p>That sound ignorant for one of the larger spaces. Espically one that is part of the leading spaces. Sure you are talking to the right people? Sounds more like a corporation then anything...tryimg to protect its assets. Shame on them.</p>
<p>Web...</p><div><div></div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 12, 2011 6:31 PM, "ryan martin" <<a href="mailto:ryan.jason.martin@gmail.com" target="_blank">ryan.jason.martin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Long answer: Freeside has made it very clear that they want nothing to do<br>
> with C7, even though we are next door to each other. Our members are denied<br>> membership at Freeside and it's to the point of Freeside billing themselves<br>> as Atlanta's Best Hackerspace and multiple posts on the hackerspaces mailing<br>
> list complaining that 'not real hackerspaces' are listed on the wiki. Ah<br>> dunno, we send them stuff here and there (like lumber and the like) but<br>> never have gotten a thank you. What can I say?<br>
> <br>> Short Answer: We tried to work with Freeside. We opened shop next door to<br>> them in the hopes we would work together. It failed.<br>> <br>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Tim H <<a href="mailto:crashcartpro@gmail.com" target="_blank">crashcartpro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>>> I'm very glad to hear from you guys again! welcome to the movement of<br>>> hackerspaces. lol<br>>> Looks like your doing pretty well. We have a member here who has been<br>>> playing with forging and casting, but hasn't got anything perfected yet. I<br>
>> wouldn't be surprised if he hit you guys up for some advice. (especially<br>>> with the sand casting.)<br>>><br>>> I hope this isn't too touchy, but I have to ask why you guys didn't join<br>
>> Freeside. I recognized the buildings right away. I'm not suggesting you<br>>> should have, but I'm very interested in the process of those who start vs<br>>> join spaces. I hear some of the stories, the difference of opinions, the<br>
>> different visions, the fights. It has torn spaces apart before. BUT for the<br>>> most part those splits end up being the best thing for both parties, and it<br>>> creates a broader ecosystem that can sustain more styles and more people, as<br>
>> opposed to a single system trying to fit everyone.<br>>><br>>> Anyway, it's just totaly great that you thought to look us up again. We<br>>> should definitely find some excuses to hang out again. Your place or mine.<br>
>> ;)<br>>><br>>> -Crash Cart (Tim)<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:19 PM, ryan martin <<a href="mailto:ryan.jason.martin@gmail.com" target="_blank">ryan.jason.martin@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>><br>>>> As for our foundry:<br>>>><br>>>> We have a Johnson Gas 900SS (<br>>>> <a href="http://www.johnsongas.com/industrial/manuals/pdfs/900SSDirectSparkUVSafety.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.johnsongas.com/industrial/manuals/pdfs/900SSDirectSparkUVSafety.pdf</a>)<br>
>>> with 2 control boxes. One uses LP gas, the other uses natural gas.<br>>>><br>>>> This includes having 6 different crucibles in various sizes, up to and<br>>>> including a gallon. We also scored the tongs, casting boxes (dozens of..),<br>
>>> and other steel implements for dealing with red hot graphite and liquid<br>>>> metal.<br>>>><br>>>> We've been working with various techniques for making molds. We started<br>
>>> with making our own green sand and pressing patterns, then upgraded to<br>
>>> petrobond (<br>>>> <a href="http://www.budgetcastingsupply.com/Jupiter_Blend_Foundry_Sand.php" target="_blank">http://www.budgetcastingsupply.com/Jupiter_Blend_Foundry_Sand.php</a>) and<br>>>> are pretty happy with it.<br>
>>><br>>>> We have also been playing with lost wax and lost foam casting.<br>>>> The surprising secret to lost foam seems to be dipping the foam pieces into<br>>>> drywall texturizer before casting. This stuff hardens into a thin shell of<br>
>>> limestone which has been giving us some pretty spectacular results. We've<br>>>> also tried casting foam that is painted with wax to create a smoother<br>>>> texture, which worked out but needs more testing.<br>
>>><br>>>> We are eager to try investment casting ABS parts from a 3d printer, if<br>>>> possible. We don't have access to a printer so we're on hold on that little<br>>>> experiment.<br>
>>><br>>>> Our entire foundry operation is mounted onto carts and is mobile, so we<br>>>> hope to be able to take this little operation on the road sometime.<br>>>><br>>>> Another neat tool we've been using is a wood block with a steel plate<br>
>>> attached as a bit in a palm nailer. This is our ghetto-rigged attempt to<br>>>> create an alternative to a pneumatic shake/jolt machine.<br>>>><br>>>> Lots of pics on the FB page of our tools and tests.<br>
>>><br>>>><br>>>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:54 AM, ryan martin <<a href="mailto:ryan.jason.martin@gmail.com" target="_blank">ryan.jason.martin@gmail.com</a><br>>>> > wrote:<br>>>><br>
>>>> Ooops, I forgot the goods! We have a facebook group here (<br>
>>>> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/c7atlanta" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/c7atlanta</a>) with tons of pictures. Take a look.<br>>>>><br>>>>> One of our operating principles is to provide semi-daily meals for<br>
>>>> members. We announce what/when on the FB group. It's been pretty interesting<br>>>>> trying to feed our entire membership as part of our space, and our croc pots<br>>>>> have become pretty sophisticated. It's definitely one of the biggest draws<br>
>>>> from the folks that operate out of the commercial space we are in.<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:12 AM, strages <<a href="mailto:strages@gmail.com" target="_blank">strages@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>>>>>> First off, congrats on starting a new hackerspace! Despite the<br>>>>>> growing numbers, there just aren't enough in the world yet. I'm<br>>>>>> interested to hear more about your sand casting station and the hot<br>
>>>>> air balloons! We just moved into a new space that's about ~1000sqft<br>>>>>> more than the one you visited us in. We're still working to get it<br>>>>>> back into a usable configuration, but making good progress. We'll<br>
>>>>> likely do an open house style event when it's done, which you're all<br>>>>>> welcome to. July 2nd we're doing our annual Retro Gaming & Computing<br>>>>>> Night which you're also welcome to attend. We'll certainly do our<br>
>>>>> best to be hospitable .<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Raymond<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:52 PM, ryan martin<br>>>>>> <<a href="mailto:ryan.jason.martin@gmail.com" target="_blank">ryan.jason.martin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>> > Howdy Makers!<br>>>>>> > My name is Ryan and I came through Makers Local 256 some year and a<br>>>>>> half<br>>>>>> > ago. I was with Freddy, Justin, and Bethany and we where at the time<br>
>>>>> > travelling and speaking about the Pirate Party. Freddy and Justin<br>>>>>> spent some<br>>>>>> > time hanging the sign at the old space, and in general we still speak<br>
>>>>> of<br>>>>>> > your community there as being one of the most open and awesome spaces<br>>>>>> we<br>>>>>> > ever saw.<br>>>>>> > After nearly a year travelling we decided we wanted to plant roots and<br>
>>>>> start<br>>>>>> > a space up on our own. We discovered during the tour that most<br>>>>>> hackerspaces<br>>>>>> > aren't as politically interested as we are as individuals, so we<br>
>>>>> decided the<br>>>>>> > best bet was to start a new space around us rather than try to join an<br>>>>>> > existing space. We scraped and recruited and found enough members for<br>
>>>>> a<br>>>>>> > pretty good sized space in Atlanta.<br>>>>>> > We've been in our space a year now and we really want to 'step up our<br>>>>>> game'<br>
>>>>> > a bit. We have talked about it and we are looking for a sister space<br>>>>>> to work<br>>>>>> > with. We'd like to find a space that would like to do some<br>
>>>>> > remote conferencing with us; to let us remotely participate in talks<br>>>>>> and<br>>>>>> > classes, and maybe even to do the same back.<br>>>>>> > We have an operational foundry and sand casting station, about 200<br>
>>>>> > firebricks, 2 hot air balloons, and about 14 members. The trip between<br>>>>>> the<br>>>>>> > spaces is only about 3 hours long, so it's totally reasonable that<br>
>>>>> sometimes<br>>>>>> > we might even be able to bring most of our membership that-a-ways for<br>>>>>> > events.<br>>>>>> > Either way, there is a bit of an update to anyone who wondered what<br>
>>>>> happened<br>>>>>> > to 'those pirate guys'. Hope to hear back sometime :)<br>>>>>> > Ryan Martin<br>>>>>> > _______________________________________________<br>
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