[SGVHAK] 08/15 (Thu) meeting recap: ice cream abounds

[Homan Chou]

That's a very interesting design. I have never seen a 3d printer move like
that before.  The motors in the columns have to lift up and down just to
keep the print head in the horizontal plane.

On Sunday, August 18, 2013, Tux Lab wrote:

> Well, if we factor in the deferred cost of buying products made in
> non-free countries in term of increased military spending, worsening
> world pollution,  unfavorable trade deficit, additional unemployment
> burden, the consequences of legitimizing authoritarian capitalism, and
> so on.   Buying parts made in free countries makes my build cheaper :)
>
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 11:49 PM, John Kim <thinkndev at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey John,
> >
> > Congrats to your friend; they have more funds than they possibly need
> :-P.
> >
> > I assume you're saying that using free parts makes your build more
> > expensive. Doesn't that seem ironic?
> >
> > John Kim
> > Student/FOSS Enthusiast
> > www.internet-in-a-box.org
> > thinkndev at gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Aug 17, 2013, at 10:47 PM, Tux Lab <project.tuxlab at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > The link to my friend's kickstart is,
> >
> >
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blueeaglelabs/kossel-clear-lets-build-a-full-sized-delta-3d-prin
> >
> > Tux-Lab is responsible for the acrylic parts and has a minor stake in
> the 3d
> > printing venture.  The printer for SGVLUG/SGVHAK is built on the same
> frame
> > but pushes the "Free as in Freedom" ideology by minimize parts from
> non-free
> > countries.   By substituting parts, ie steppers, bearing and etc,  I
> think
> > I've already exceeded their kickstarter price by 100%.   If I can somehow
> > figure out how to generate gerber files for the electronics, I will
> build a
> > few more printers
> >
> > .
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:41 AM, Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Before I get to the recap, three items.
> >>
> >> 1) There is a Repair Cafe event this Saturday (Aug 17th) from 6-9pm at
> >> Arroyo Food Co-op store (494 N. Wilson @Villa in Pasadena). I am not
> clear
> >> if one must RSVP on Meetup in order to attend. I don't think I will be
> >> there long, but I promised to bring ice cream. I rather feel like making
> >> Nutella ice cream.
> >>
> >> http://www.meetup.com/Repair-Cafe-Pasadena/events/126348712/
> >>
> >> 2) The next HAK meeting is Saturday, August 24th, from 2-6pm at Hastings
> >> Branch Library (3325 East Orange Grove Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91107). I
> >> will send out another reminder closer to the date. Let me know if you're
> >> planning any kind of show and tell or workathon so I can publicize it.
> >>
> >> 3) In the future, let's start the Thursday meetings at 6:30pm. That will
> >> give Dave enough time to finish his work before we descend on him. Most
> of
> >> us can't get there till around that time anyway.
> >>
> >>
> >> RECAP:
> >>
> >> As usual, it was a fun HAK meeting. We had a larger than normal turnout
> >> since we had folks who hadn't come to Dave's shop (or any HAK meeting)
> >> before as well as folks we hadn't seen in months.
> >>
> >> I think we hit a peak of 15 people at the shop, of which 10 stayed to
> the
> >> end and came to dinner. Carmine's on Live Oak seems to be our place now,
> >> and the wait staff has noticed our regular attendance.
> >>
> >> There was a lot of activity. Dave was still working on something for
> work.
> >> Adam and John K. were working on installing packages on Dave's new Linux
> >> computer. John W. had another 3D printer kit he was assembling. I don't
> >> remember if he has posted a link to his friend's Kickstarter. Braddock
> and
> >> Joel and John K. worked on Internet-in-a-Box. Mic was doing another
> >> lockpicking workshop. Thanks to Homan's advice and memories of Mic's LUG
> >> presentation, I was able to pick 3 or 4 locks in quick succession. I
> >> hadn't
> >> realized that you *barely* want to put any tension on the lock.
> >>
> >> I brought a cooler with dry ice and several different ice creams. There
> >> were Klondike bars, Skinny Cow sandwiches, homemade peach ice cream, a
> >> homemade mango-passion-fruit yogurt mousse. I had the beginnings of a
> >> cantaloupe sorbet.
> >>
> >> We did indeed make ice cream using a cryogenic bath of dry ice and
> vodka.
> >> The inspiration for this
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