There’s been a few calls for people to host events, but we haven’t gotten a lot of turnout (or really, we could do better). We have some excellently talented, passionate, and/or excited people in our membership that may not know that they are qualified to teach something.
I’m going to approach this thread with a different perspective. Post a couple events that you want to attend so that people can see what you want to go to. We understand time commitments, so assume these are ‘if your schedule aligned’; posting wants here is not a commitment. Also feel free to post things were the space is 90% there but we need “One more thing™” to make it possible. This could feed equipment/future space ideas.
While reading this thread, if you see an event you think you’d be interested in either hosting or helping with, post in a separate thread and state your intent (that you want to host, help, bottomline, etc), and we can figure out the rest of the details.
Things I would attend (some I will offer to teach as well once I am healthy enough):
Woodworking Joinery (ie mortise and tenon, hand-cut dovetails, etc)
Airbrushing (Flame tutorial would be cool!)
Woodturning a round box
How to create molds for casting (from rough 3d-print to mold, how to make foodsafe molds for candymaking, etc)
Software Defined Radio: Interpreting your first radiowave
Mixing it up: how to mix music like a DJ and have everyone like you
It’s been a long time since I did it but hand cut dovetails are not as hard as they seem. Also a lot of cool joints can be made on the tablesaw such as; open bridal joints, lap joints, and even dovetails! My favorite is the finger joint, and if you don’t have a fancy Matthius Wandel designed finger joint jig then it can be easily done with a board and a small spacer peg. I was thinking of doing some wood working CNC courses once the new CNC is completed, and can also work a few joinery workshops in for folks as well.
I do the occasional leatherwork project, have been wanting to make some boots for a long time. I would love to attend a leather working session. Hand stitched leather is fun to do, until you poke yourself…
anything brewing related (although we don’t have a sink so that probably not work at the space)
how to use an oscilloscope
shoe making!
simple sheet metal work (e.g. how to make cookie cutters)
Workshops were I can make a project in a single workshop (or in a series of workshops) would be so great. I like having a finished thing at the end of the workshop.
I’ve been wanting to run a sheet metal workshop for a long time, as it’s both really easy once you know the basics, and useful. A bit noisy though… The main things we’re missing in order to be able to do it is a box & pan brake. I looked into it a while ago, and there are some relatively cheap and compact (but still useful) options available.
It sounds like lots of us want to do more molding/casting workshops! @Gibbtall has run some great workshops, including on finishing a rough 3D print, creating silicone mold, and finally resin casting a duplicate. For food-safe applications it’s really just a matter of choosing a food-safe silicone and making sure that it’s well-cleaned afaik (no resin to worry about; candy is your resin!).
I’m doing casting with SLA 3D prints right now - both much (much much) easier to finish than FDM prints, and amazing resolution. CNC milling is the opposite of easier, as amazing as it is.
The main things we’re missing in order to be able to do it is a box & pan brake. I looked into it a while ago, and there are some relatively cheap and compact (but still useful) options available.