[General] Cheers from C7 space in Atlanta

Sun Jun 12 18:47:08 CDT 2011

1. He has strong opinion of how the direction of Freeside should go that is
not part of our manifesto / creed . (I don't have any clear examples of
that)
2. There are many people who are living in his new space at C7. He will
bring them into Freeside at various hours to work on C7 stuff.
3. He will be using Freeside 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 Freeside late last year.
4. He seems to have ulterior motives.

^^^ 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

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 7:35 PM, WebDawg <webdawg at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Web...
> On Jun 12, 2011 6:31 PM, "ryan martin" <ryan.jason.martin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Long answer: Freeside has made it very clear that they want nothing to do
> > with C7, even though we are next door to each other. Our members are
> denied
> > membership at Freeside and it's to the point of Freeside billing
> themselves
> > as Atlanta's Best Hackerspace and multiple posts on the hackerspaces
> mailing
> > list complaining that 'not real hackerspaces' are listed on the wiki. Ah
> > dunno, we send them stuff here and there (like lumber and the like) but
> > never have gotten a thank you. What can I say?
> >
> > Short Answer: We tried to work with Freeside. We opened shop next door to
> > them in the hopes we would work together. It failed.
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Tim H <crashcartpro at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm very glad to hear from you guys again! welcome to the movement of
> >> hackerspaces. lol
> >> Looks like your doing pretty well. We have a member here who has been
> >> playing with forging and casting, but hasn't got anything perfected yet.
> I
> >> wouldn't be surprised if he hit you guys up for some advice. (especially
> >> with the sand casting.)
> >>
> >> I hope this isn't too touchy, but I have to ask why you guys didn't join
> >> Freeside. I recognized the buildings right away. I'm not suggesting you
> >> should have, but I'm very interested in the process of those who start
> vs
> >> join spaces. I hear some of the stories, the difference of opinions, the
> >> different visions, the fights. It has torn spaces apart before. BUT for
> the
> >> most part those splits end up being the best thing for both parties, and
> it
> >> creates a broader ecosystem that can sustain more styles and more
> people, as
> >> opposed to a single system trying to fit everyone.
> >>
> >> Anyway, it's just totaly great that you thought to look us up again. We
> >> should definitely find some excuses to hang out again. Your place or
> mine.
> >> ;)
> >>
> >> -Crash Cart (Tim)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:19 PM, ryan martin <
> ryan.jason.martin at gmail.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>> As for our foundry:
> >>>
> >>> We have a Johnson Gas 900SS (
> >>>
> http://www.johnsongas.com/industrial/manuals/pdfs/900SSDirectSparkUVSafety.pdf
> )
> >>> with 2 control boxes. One uses LP gas, the other uses natural gas.
> >>>
> >>> This includes having 6 different crucibles in various sizes, up to and
> >>> including a gallon. We also scored the tongs, casting boxes (dozens
> of..),
> >>> and other steel implements for dealing with red hot graphite and liquid
> >>> metal.
> >>>
> >>> We've been working with various techniques for making molds. We started
> >>> with making our own green sand and pressing patterns, then upgraded to
> >>> petrobond (
> >>> http://www.budgetcastingsupply.com/Jupiter_Blend_Foundry_Sand.php) and
> >>> are pretty happy with it.
> >>>
> >>> We have also been playing with lost wax and lost foam casting.
> >>> The surprising secret to lost foam seems to be dipping the foam pieces
> into
> >>> drywall texturizer before casting. This stuff hardens into a thin shell
> of
> >>> limestone which has been giving us some pretty spectacular results.
> We've
> >>> also tried casting foam that is painted with wax to create a smoother
> >>> texture, which worked out but needs more testing.
> >>>
> >>> We are eager to try investment casting ABS parts from a 3d printer, if
> >>> possible. We don't have access to a printer so we're on hold on that
> little
> >>> experiment.
> >>>
> >>> Our entire foundry operation is mounted onto carts and is mobile, so we
> >>> hope to be able to take this little operation on the road sometime.
> >>>
> >>> Another neat tool we've been using is a wood block with a steel plate
> >>> attached as a bit in a palm nailer. This is our ghetto-rigged attempt
> to
> >>> create an alternative to a pneumatic shake/jolt machine.
> >>>
> >>> Lots of pics on the FB page of our tools and tests.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:54 AM, ryan martin <
> ryan.jason.martin at gmail.com
> >>> > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Ooops, I forgot the goods! We have a facebook group here (
> >>>> http://www.facebook.com/c7atlanta) with tons of pictures. Take a
> look.
> >>>>
> >>>> One of our operating principles is to provide semi-daily meals for
> >>>> members. We announce what/when on the FB group. It's been pretty
> interesting
> >>>> trying to feed our entire membership as part of our space, and our
> croc pots
> >>>> have become pretty sophisticated. It's definitely one of the biggest
> draws
> >>>> from the folks that operate out of the commercial space we are in.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:12 AM, strages <strages at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> First off, congrats on starting a new hackerspace! Despite the
> >>>>> growing numbers, there just aren't enough in the world yet. I'm
> >>>>> interested to hear more about your sand casting station and the hot
> >>>>> air balloons! We just moved into a new space that's about ~1000sqft
> >>>>> more than the one you visited us in. We're still working to get it
> >>>>> back into a usable configuration, but making good progress. We'll
> >>>>> likely do an open house style event when it's done, which you're all
> >>>>> welcome to. July 2nd we're doing our annual Retro Gaming & Computing
> >>>>> Night which you're also welcome to attend. We'll certainly do our
> >>>>> best to be hospitable .
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Raymond
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:52 PM, ryan martin
> >>>>> <ryan.jason.martin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> > Howdy Makers!
> >>>>> > My name is Ryan and I came through Makers Local 256 some year and a
> >>>>> half
> >>>>> > ago. I was with Freddy, Justin, and Bethany and we where at the
> time
> >>>>> > travelling and speaking about the Pirate Party. Freddy and Justin
> >>>>> spent some
> >>>>> > time hanging the sign at the old space, and in general we still
> speak
> >>>>> of
> >>>>> > your community there as being one of the most open and awesome
> spaces
> >>>>> we
> >>>>> > ever saw.
> >>>>> > After nearly a year travelling we decided we wanted to plant roots
> and
> >>>>> start
> >>>>> > a space up on our own. We discovered during the tour that most
> >>>>> hackerspaces
> >>>>> > aren't as politically interested as we are as individuals, so we
> >>>>> decided the
> >>>>> > best bet was to start a new space around us rather than try to join
> an
> >>>>> > existing space. We scraped and recruited and found enough members
> for
> >>>>> a
> >>>>> > pretty good sized space in Atlanta.
> >>>>> > We've been in our space a year now and we really want to 'step up
> our
> >>>>> game'
> >>>>> > a bit. We have talked about it and we are looking for a sister
> space
> >>>>> to work
> >>>>> > with. We'd like to find a space that would like to do some
> >>>>> > remote conferencing with us; to let us remotely participate in
> talks
> >>>>> and
> >>>>> > classes, and maybe even to do the same back.
> >>>>> > We have an operational foundry and sand casting station, about 200
> >>>>> > firebricks, 2 hot air balloons, and about 14 members. The trip
> between
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> > spaces is only about 3 hours long, so it's totally reasonable that
> >>>>> sometimes
> >>>>> > we might even be able to bring most of our membership that-a-ways
> for
> >>>>> > events.
> >>>>> > Either way, there is a bit of an update to anyone who wondered what
> >>>>> happened
> >>>>> > to 'those pirate guys'. Hope to hear back sometime :)
> >>>>> > Ryan Martin
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