My plan 'A' did not arrive in time.  If anyone has a prank idea please bring enough materials for 5-10 makers.

My Plan 'B' is a small leather book.  I have everything we will need.  If you have your leather tools bring what you can.

See Photo

For build night we are going to hack a mouse.  This will cause a pager motor to shake the mouse every time it is clicked.  Great for surprising friends and gaming.  Please bring a usb mouse.

The plans are here: http://cdn.makezine.com/make/06/rumble_mouse.pdf

Okay before you click I donna wanna maka thanga like that, rember it is about learning the skill of working with, in this case, wood.  Besides there are hundred things you could do with a test tube rack:  to hold spices, beads, electronics, Homies from those .25 cent machines; you could grow an herb garden, mushrooms, and penecillin; you could arrange dried flowers, flags of the world, your swizzle sticks;  which brings us to tall shot glasses,  glow in the dark sticks, and bottle rockets;  you can dry herbs, flowers, or yarn; and you could use it to hold your lates

We are making  a toolbox to hold soldering equipment.  It can easily be modified for other tools or hobbies.  Please bring larger tools that you would want to hold in the box:  bench top power supply, variable solder iron, stands that hold things.

SURPRISE.

Vince was kind enough to hold the planning meeting at a different time.

Sooo we can have a Build night this Tuesday.  This will be a soldering night.



And the question is "Tom do you need anything?"



I know Steve was going to bring 8 pin sockets and I am bringing a glue gun.  Vince can you bring extra soldering irons incase someone needs to borrow one?



Bring a case for the project if you want.

Google Group Discussion

Feb Thing-a-day sign up is available.  Be sure to sign up if you are the tiniest bit interested in making things.  After midnight on Feb 1 no one new can sign up. 

http://thing-a-day.com/

We are going to be bread boarding the TV-B-Gone.  Tom is bringing what he has of the kits.  Which are around six dollars.  We is the testing phase so come to learn and modify.

Next week we will be soldering and putting the project in a case.

We are canceling tonight's Build Night.  We were going to trouble shoot the Solar Lights but no one has a fix yet.  



As we continue to find a fix for the lights we are going to push forward with the next project: TV-B-Gone.  Tom is hosting this.  Estimated cost is (and don't hold me to it) about 6 bucks.  Start looking for a 'project case' that is big enough to hold several quarters:  M&M cylinder, milk top, bottle cap, coin purse, coffee cup.  This is a soldering project so bring your irons.



January

4 Show and Tell

Everyone that finished their Useless Machine please bring them in for Dec Show-and-Tell.  I would like to get a group shot of them.  I will bring hot glue if anyone needs to stick them together.

Nov 2 Show and Tell

Nov 9 Build Night-Most Useless Machine

Nov 16 Build Night-Most Useless Machine

Nov 23 Planning Meeting

Nov 30 Build Night-Solar Powered Christmas lights

Some got close enough to finishing but one more night should get most

everyone to a finished product.