Fort Collins Creator Hub

All,

Thanks to all of you who attended the kickoff meeting on Monday evening.

The team from Baldwin Hardwoods has come up with a plan to help size and prepare the wood for glue-ups using some of their machinery.  There have been a few setbacks in getting the wood transported to them and the holiday weekend is also impacting progress.

Even with the issues, the hope if to have prepared wood for gluing available by mid to late next week.  Please watch your email for updates.

The Fort Collins…

Finally done and very pleased with my first Creator Hub woodworking project.  I need to thank several people who provided extra hands and helpful advice at key points in the process: Dave Moore, Steve Poehlman, Munir Mallal, Randy Solomon, and Natalya Stanko, you guys rock!

Have you guys heard about our friends at Who Gives a Scrap? They are a creative reuse center that has diverted over 133 TONS of material from the El Paso and Larimer County landfills in under 4 years. They collect all kinds of arts, crafts, and hobbies supplies in addition to neat vintage finds. Next time you need to go to Michaels, Hobby Lobby, or any art store, try these guys instead. They have so much material at a fraction of the price when buying new. They also have cool classes and…

We’re very excited about our next Hub Talk!

On April 29th at 7pm, we’ll be learning about (and trying) the world’s first open source sensory substitution/augmentation development platform: The Cthulhu Shield. This system takes various types of sensory inputs (sound, pressure, image, heat, etc) and translates them into electrode pulses that are in contact with the surface of the tongue. This sensory substitution allows your tongue to ‘see’ and ‘hear’ the environment around you.

Sensory…

The Arduino 101 class that Dan and Steve held today was awesome. A lot of beginner information presented very well. I am now confident that I can explore and experiment and achieve success.

I highly recommend this class if you are interested or curious about Arduino.

Looking forward to when FCCH offers a Arduino 201 class.

The order came this morning so I installed the PEI and loaded the drawer with new filament.  All seems to be working well.

We are excited to announce a new upcoming class on how to design and build your own custom bread board. December 7th and 8th.

Over two sessions, our talented wood shop boss Dave Moore will teach you how to design and create your own unique bread board from a selection of premium wood (maple, cherry, walnut, and purple heart). Top it off with a custom laser engraving to make it into a meaningful gift – or keep it all to yourself!

Only 8 slots available, so don’t wait to sign up! Please…

Once upon a time there was no way to find us coming from the west. Alas this is no more. Ray has cut a new sign from vinyl, stuck it to a piece of steel and hung it out by the road. 

THE SIGN I’S NOT ALL THAT’S NEW!

If you haven’t been in awhile you really need to. Thing are improving all over the space. Thanks to our volunteers who make this space run!

Check out our new forums, lots of great info and conversations there.

I found this mallet on reddit and thought it would be fun. Anybody want to join me?

New joiners mallet from woodworking

Here is some good news for our members (and members-to-be). We are in the process of transitioning to Wild Apricot membership software. Not only will this allow for more communication and self-management of your membership, it will automate many of the processes that our volunteers had to perform manually.

This will take a few days to roll out fully, but here are some of the things you will be able to do as a member of the Creator Hub right here on our website:

• Update your contact…