There is a general meeting of the group 7:30 PM, Tuesday, April 21st, at the old shop. The net’s still over there, plus we have to plan the cleaning of the old shop in the vain attempt to get our deposit back.
A big thanks to all the Makers (and one Maker dad) that showed up to help move the shop Saturday, especially:
Thank you all!
We just signed the lease on the new space at 203 Brown St. today, and boy are we going to need some help moving. This weekend is not looking great for weather, but we’re going to get as much moved as we can. The goal is to get as much out of the old space as possible so we can spend the next couple of weeks making a valiant effort at erasing the evidence of our residence and get our deposit back.
We will have people at the old space at 3409 Governors Dr. Saturday morning by (latest) 10 AM. Probably earlier. After we take over the first load, we’ll leave at least one member in both locations and hopefully have a steady stream of vehicles going back and forth. It should go very quickly. We hope. This is not a time to arrange the shop; Saturday will be 1) Load it up, 2) Move it, and 3) dump it at the new place as fast as possible. There is plenty of cleaning and work to do on the new shop before it’s really ready for maker habitation. There will be a follow up post on this soon. Expect that for the next month or two, the group projects will probably be bootstrap projects for the shop.
For reference, the map below is the quickest route between the old and the new shops, but you can also go down Governors Dr. and hang a left on Seminole, right on Clinton, and finally a left on Brown.
The week leading up to Outerz0ne was crazy. We spent many hours working on the new Photobooth. Big thanks to Tim for a crazy design which I firmly believe he sold his sole to Satan for. Bob was awesome, he spend many hours putting the thing together. Venkat did a great job on the new software. Greg, Scott, Justin and I’m sure a few others also helped get this project done.
We had planned to leave Thursday night for Outerz0ne, but as the week rolled forward, it started looking like Thursday night might be a work night for everyone involved. Indeed it was, we worked late into the night, then got up Friday and continued to work. We finally finished working on the thing at about 6pm. Once it was done, we promptly tore it down, packed it up and stuffed it into the car. Then raced to Outerz0ne.
This was a great project to work on, and I believe it is far better than the first one. This photobooth actually breaks down and folds up under the seat. The only components that do not fit are the computer and curtains, but I think we have enough room under the seat for the curtains. There are a few areas which need improvement, but these are things that can be taken care of fairly easily, and hopefully can be done right without being rushed.
Below are pictures taken while building was taken place, and here is the link to the pictures the Photobooth took from Outerz0ne 5
