More electronic projects. Some laser cutting. Learn to SMD solder.
Use the cisco gear to learn VLAN setup and maybe study for the CCNA.
Maybe give a talk on OpenStreetMaps.
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I’d like to learn CNC milling and 3D CAD. I’d like to build small steam engines and other miniature machines. I like to socialize with other makers and learn new skills from makers who work with different mediums than me. I’d like to be able to pass on some of my woodworking skills to other makers if we had appropriate tools and equipment.
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Yay initiative! 
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My project goals for this year all seem to revolve around robots and smart home stuff. Internet of things, anything articulated, autonomous machines, etc.
As rsim said, though, custom is best. I want to make robots, not simply assemble robots.
The catch: I’m brand new to this whole thing. Just started soldering 2 months ago, I’m a total noob to this whole thing. I don’t even really understand what VHS is yet, but here’s how I imagine it could fit in to my goals:
- Workshops, mentoring, and just hanging out together so I can learn from others. This is definitely the biggest thing!
- Access to parts and tools I don’t have at home. (I basically have nothing.) I don’t even know yet what this means, I just know I have very little.
- Group projects. I’m not a solo flier by nature and I want to help people with their things, or work together for multiplicative results.
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I imagine everyone has a different response to that, depending on their projects and their comfort zone with “good enough” and “works perfectly”.
Where do I trade off between getting it done right and getting it done? If I need some thing right now, having that thing in a state that works as I need it to for a short time is good enough. Sometimes, I’ll fix/tweak the thing to be better, other times the “getting it done” item gets used for a long time because it works.
“getting it done right” is only important to me for items that require precision building/programming/whatever, or if I’ve agreed to make something for someone else.
My interest is embedded control.
As result I would like to see us improve our skills and ability in the area
of surface mount soldering. We already have great skills in this area. To
take this further and improve our ability, we need to take advantage of
tools that will help us with assemblies using bga chips.
Secondly I would like to see a Digital storage scope for embedded
control. I will be away for the first 3 months of 2015. On my return or
before, I hope we get together and gather the funds required for a group by
of digital storage scope.
In my work with embedded control and a digital storage scope is what I need
most. It is the only way to measure widely varying currents, from uA to A
on a sub milli second time scale. With enough storage to capture a few
seconds of data, it is essential for logic debugging.
On my return I hope to restart embedded courses. I am thinking a serious
targeted to an application, robotic control as suggested by Richard.
Starting with dev boards, how to hack them into very capable / power
efficient robotic controllers.
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I don’t think the needs/wants from the space have drastically changed. That being said, mapping out the stuff we actually need might be a good idea in general, but taking a more pro-active approach to purging would possibly be better. (Which tbh/imho should’ve been done before the move.)
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Can we purge as we unpack? 
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You’re taking in circles. You don’t know the needs/wants. Nobody does. That’s why I asked and it started a storm of “don’t fence me in!”
Purging could be done in secret like some kind of night of the long knives, but that’s not my style. I’d prefer to talk things out in the open.
What you found is that people want to use the space for learning/exploring new skills, and advancing their existing ones - and those may not be aligned with specific projects. Developing those skills may very well be the project.
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There’s really nothing special to BGA soldering nor rework; VHS already has all the equipment needed to do them (which amounts to only a hot air station and flux pen). The only things impeding the use of BGA packages is that 4+ layer boards aren’t as cheap and easy to design as 2 layer boards, and that they’re perceived to be a lot harder than they actually are.
I’m a bit late to the party but here goes: I want to do wire soldering to build the structure for a crochet light thingy/sculpture.
This would include experimenting with a propane torch so that means I would need a fireproof area with good ventilation. I have the firebricks. I suspect I need some kind of metal sheet as a liner under the bricks to prevent any sparks landing on wood, presuming I would be working on a workbench.
Because torch soldering on my balcony overlooked by two large pine trees with a carpet of pine needles is a no-go, methinks.
What do I want to work on @ VHS3? (I like the name ‘VHS3’ much better than MEATSpace btw)
On my own time I want to use the work tables or benches to study or research new projects on my laptop while socializing (My condo is way too distracting in a non-creativity boosting way). I want to work on my multirotor in the space. I want join in for pretty much all of the proposed classes and group builds.