kwartzlab makerspace

Jan
26

Tuesday Open Night in Pictures: 2011-01-25

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A summary of Tuesday Open Night with selected photos and brief captions.

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Tuesday Open Night at kwartzlab, January 26, 2011.



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Mark demonstrates his first Arduino project, a CV trigger tempo divider.


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Karl illustrates the progress on his ‘Gravity Generator’ project.


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Bevan researches in the lounge.


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Karl demos the internals to his ‘Gravity Generator’ project.


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Jeff poses enthusiastically with an ancient vacuum tube tester won at auction.


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Don shows off his first Bedini motor prototype.


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Don explains the theory and operation of his Bedini motor.

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Kevin and Andrew disassemble cordless drill battery packs.


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Andrew rebuilds a cordless drill battery pack.


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Andrew skillfully solders connections for a new cordless drill battery pack.


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A cordless drill battery pack with new cells, rebuilt at kwartzlab’s Tuesday Open Night by Andrew Netherton.


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Mark puts the new (old) Weller soldering station to good use, assembling a surface mount PCB of his own design.


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Gus prototypes a 555 timer based light theremin circuit.


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Margaret shows off her homemade rawhide wrapped notebook along with some concept cover designs.


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Ron and Gus compare a 555 with a 558.


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Andrew works on the schematic and PCB layout for a kit he is developing with Bevan.


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Alex compiles visitor statistics from the Tuesday Open Night guestbook.