Author Archives: Ted Sliwinski
AwesomeShop: Tron Bikes – Week 2: Bike Mechanics Pt.1
After last weeks bike brake-down, it was time to start the rebuild process. This week we focused on the bearing systems, wheels/tires and the brakes. I have never seen so many old bikes being fixed at the same time. Some people also brought … Continue reading
AwesomeShop: Play with Electricity – Week 2: Measuring Electricity
Week two of the Play with Electricity class and everyone was leaning about measuring electricity and the basics of Ohms Law!!
Carving out a workshop
This past Tuesday’s OpenShop, we started to clear out the room behind the computer lab so it can be turned into our Makerspace workshop. It was a very dirty and heavy job, but with help from many of our super resourceful students … Continue reading
Tron Bikes Update
As it turns out, Jeff took some awesome video of our second Awesomeshop!
AwesomeShop: Tron Bikes – Week 1: Intro to Bicycles
We had the first ever class of Tron Bikes this past weekend and it was a huge success! Students from 9 to 39 years of age were all working together to not only learn the parts of a bicycle, but also … Continue reading
Upgrading the network
We had a slow Saturday openshop so we decided to upgrade the wireless network in the basement. Like most things involving IT, this took longer than expected; but with Edmund’s help we soon got it running again.
More soldering!
This past Thursday, reporters from “Die Ziet” in germany were at the Makerspace to see what we and others in the community were up to. Raven was happy to show them around the shop and also how to solder! Thanks … Continue reading
A day of soldering classes
Elishah helped out by teaching a group how to solder with the MAKE solder badge.