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Introduction to Risography!

🇺🇸 · Crash Space · LNSY

We are back for another Introduction to Risography! We will learn about color separations, using SuperCollage.art, and what goes into make Risographs pop! Beloved by zine makers and graphic designers, Risography’s dayglo colors and, shall we say, “relaxed” approach to registration generates funky, unforgettable images. Bring a laptop and/or a design. All participants will leave with 10 custom quarter-letter sized notebooks with custom Risograph Colors, and a one off Risographed Zine about… Risography! Sign up now on Eventbrite! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-risography-at-crashspace-tickets-2004098780401?aff=oddtdtcreator November 21, 1-5pm.

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Quick Fixes: Lamp Bracket

🇺🇸 · NYC Resistor · phooky

Sometimes it’s not about a complex, clever project. Sometimes it’s just about pulling off a quick fix. The lovely standing lamp by the sewing table at NYCR had come off of its base, and the threads on the tube at the bottom had stripped out completely. Since it had never really been used elsewhere, a mounting bracket for the sewing table seemed appropriate. FreeCAD is terrific for whipping up parametric designs like this, and the Fasteners workbench let me drop in the hardware and ensure the design would work with parts we had on hand. The bracket in FreeCAD, with handle, mounting bolts, and nut. Through the magic of spare filament and a working 3D printer, the bracket materialized in under an hour. I spent most of that time looking for M5 hardware to bolt it down with. (I really need to organize our metric hardware better.) The installed bracket. And it works! Bolted to the table like this, the lamp doesn’t sway as much as it did when it was standing on the floor, and it illuminates the table perfectly. I made one big design mistake, though: the nut that the cla

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Wiring upgrades to CGW lighting

🇺🇸 · Columbia Gadget Works

The lights at CGW are getting new wiring. Brighter shop, same free Open Hack Night: Thursdays at 6.