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Exciting Changes Are Coming to FAMM and the Computer Lab!

🇺🇸 · Lowell Makes · admin

We’re upgrading two of our shops this month— FAMM (Fiber Arts & Mixed Media) and the Computer Lab! What does that mean for our members? New classes, new equipment, more usable space, and a little change of scenery! FAMM Is Expanding! FAMM is getting a new home, with its two areas moving into spaces designed to give members more room to create. The Fiber Arts area of FAMM has moved to the Atrium, right next to our Jewelry and Glass (JAG) Shop. FAMM volunteers are busy setting up looms, a Melco embroidery machine, and sewing machines paired with height-adjustable tables. (Yes, we’ll be helping you get to know all that new equipment!) Even better, the FAMM team has announced a lineup of classes to carry us through the holidays. We’re kicking things off with a series of 101 classes to help members create an extra-special, handmade holiday season. Keep an eye on upcoming calendar updates for beginner classes in sewing, sublimation, crocheting, beading, knitting, and cross-stitch, plus a special class on making an ornament with the Melco embroidery machine. The Mixed

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Lowell Makes Takes on a Little Free Library Project

🇺🇸 · Lowell Makes · admin

Take a book, share a book! We’re putting our tools, skills, and creativity to work on a project that will help bring books to schools throughout Lowell. The project started when Vinh Le, a lifelong Lowell resident, approached our Lowell Makes Wood Shop Captain, Jon Goplerud, with an idea: build Little Free Libraries where people can easily find, share, and enjoy books right in their neighborhoods. With a shared appreciation for community and accessible learning, it was an idea we were excited to get behind. Mr. Le has secured permission from school boards to install 5 Little Free Libraries on grade school campuses. The Lowell Public Library is lending their support by donating books for the project. From an idea to the first library Eric Burnham has stepped up as the project champion, working with fellow members to design and build our first Little Free Library. After a couple of weekend work sessions, the team has developed a design and started working out the details of the building process. Like any good maker project, there’s a little prototyping involved! The

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Löten mit Heißluft und Entlötlitze

🇩🇪 · Chaospott

Beim letzten Repaircafé im Chaospott standen drei Geräte auf unserer Werkbank: Ein Notebook mit einem zu tauschenden Akku, eine klemmbare Nachttischlampe mit defektem USB-C-Ladeanschluss und eine Bluetooth-Audio-Box, die sich ebenfalls nicht mehr laden ließ. Während der Akkutausch schnell erledigt war, verlangten die beiden defekten USB-Buchsen etwas mehr Geduld, geeignetes Werkzeug und Erfahrung mit verschiedenen Löttechniken. Akkutausch, wie er sein sollte Der Austausch des Notebook-Akkus war die schnellste Reparatur des Abends. Nach dem Entfernen der entsprechenden Schrauben ließ sich das Gehäuse problemlos öffnen. Der Hersteller hatte auf Kunststoffnasen verzichtet, die beim Öffnen häufig abbrechen oder das Zerlegen unnötig erschweren. Dadurch war der Akku schnell zugänglich und ließ sich ohne größeren Aufwand austauschen. Das Beispiel zeigt, welchen Unterschied eine reparaturfreundliche Konstruktion macht. Wenn Gehäuse verschraubt und Bauteile zugänglich sind, werden Reparaturen einfacher und günstiger. Das verlängert die Nutzungsdauer der Geräte und trägt zur Nachhaltig

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afra-matrix-bot

🇩🇪 · AFRA · afra_rootcat ([email protected])

@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ Send a message: <code bash> curl -X POST \ - "https://afra-status-bot-for-matrix.inthecloud.workers.dev/message" \ + "https://afra-bot.inthecloud.workers.dev/message" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $BOT_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"message":"Hello AfRA!"}' </code> @@ -255,10 +255,8 @@ ===== API Endpoints ===== ^ Method ^ Endpoint ^ Authentication ^ Function ^ | POST | ''/message'' | API key | Send a custom text message | - | POST | ''/space/open'' | Disabled | Returns HTTP 410 Gone | - | POST | ''/space/closed'' | Disabled | Returns HTTP 410 Gone | Opening and closing notifications are generated automatically from the SpaceAPI. The previous publicly accessible status endpoints have been disabled to prevent(@Yureka) arbitrary status notifications.

cr20

🇩🇪 · AFRA · afra_rootcat ([email protected])

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ AKA: Emergency Catear Fabrication Device [[http://cr20pi/|Octoprint]] (afra:afra) + + {{:infrastruktur:3d:cr20_pro.png?400|CR20_PRO}} ====== ToDo: ====== * ✅️ <del>fix the dented bottom, it makes the thing wobble</del>fixed with 3d printed adjustable feet. ====== Features: ======