Call it what you will – “Snowpocalypse”, or perhaps “The Year’s Largest Overreaction Thus Far.” Either way, the i3Detroit Board of Directors has decided to cancel tonight’s meeting. We will meet instead in two days, on Thursday, at 7:00 PM. Let’s face it, the roads are going to be bad, even if everyone reading this post knows perfectly well how to drive in the snow. It’s the other folks we’re worried about.
i3Detroiters, we’ll see you Thursday!
Back by popular demand, we are bringing back one of our most successful classes in i3 Detroit histroy. We are bringing back the Bob Ross Paint-Along classes and in a big way.
Not only are we doing two 10-student classes but we are allowing the public to vote. There will be a vote on which epsiode will be viewed at each class. After the class, each painting will be uploaded online and the community will vote on the best one. The winner will win a free class at i3 Detroit. Don’t worry. If you are embarased, you can use a false name. Based on the ruckuss from last class, there will be many questionable paintings. We still question how dinosaurs, volcanos and UFOs ended up on the last class’s paintings.
Join us 2/26 at 5pm and 7pm for an amazing event where you will find out if you can keep up with the legend, Bob Ross. Only $20 gets you 1 hour of fun but the mockery you will get from hanging it in your living room will last a lifetime. All materials will be provided at the class. Voting for the pictures will be posted next week.
Please RSVP
Class 1 @ 5pm – http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1251700871
Class 2 @ 7pm – http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1251722937
UPDATE: Voting closed on this contest at midnight, PST. Thank you all for your votes, thoughts, and support! The contest is now in the hands of the judges. Per Instructables, results will be published in about a week.
The team at i3 Detroit has entered a contest with Instructables.com to win an Epilog Laser Cutter and Etcher (model: Zing 16). WE NEED YOUR HELP. The build team lead by Dustin White & Bob Bedard made a fantastic entry to the contest by building a step-by-step guide to converting a military ammo box into a set of portable music speakers. It’s a rugged and spiffy design that is sure to win, if we have your votes. In order to win the prize, we need you to vote on our project.
To do this: register for an Instructables account (free) at http://ow.ly/3xzb6 then go to our project page and click vote – http://ow.ly/3xzbM. That’s it. For 20 seconds of your time you will help i3 Detroit win a $8,000 piece of equipment for the community to use at the shop. Please help. Full specs on the laser cutter below.
Wattages: 30-40 watts
Work Area: 16″ x 12″ (406 x 305 mm)
Features: Red Dot Pointer, Air Assist, Motorized Table, 2″ (51 mm) focus lens, Relocatable Home, Laser Dashboard
What it does:Engraves and/or cuts wood, acrylic, plastic, glass, marble, coated metal, stainless steel w/ Cermark) and more
Full specs: http://www.epiloglaser.com/zing_16.htm
Thursday, January 6th, at 7:00PM
Show up and learn about the basic types of telescopes, what you can see, and how maintain and collimate (align) the optics of your scope! Cost: Free!