Mos I3 (hacker)spaceport

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While I’m not aware of any scum and villainy last night (though the duct tape residue was a bit scummy) our space was certainly a hive of activity.

Mike and his band of budding directors were training hard in the back of our shop last night, experimenting with lighting, sound, and camera work.  Ed was busy taking strange noises to a science with his PVC pipe based feedback instrument, or as I prefer to call it, “A Series of Tubas”.  For the record, it sounds nothing like a tuba, but never let the facts get in the way of a bad pun I say!

Ted was hard at work being a model for today’s blog post image and when he wasn’t fixing his hair for his closeup, he was hard at work welding up some pretty massive improvements to our power wheels frame.

Finally, the Red Green statue is in the home stretch with all of the tartan panels complete and ready for mounting.  A big thanks to Dan and Seth for pitching in to make sure that got done tonight.  Meanwhile, while that was happening, Nick was hard at work turning Red’s head from a loosely connected bundle of sticks into a really cool looking final design for the statue.  I won’t spoil how it looks for our readers, you’ll just have to show up Saturday to see the finished product!  Drop by the space around 11AM to meet the man himself, or if you want to sleep in a few hours, he and his oversized duct-tape doppelganger will make an appearance at the Ace Hardware in Clarkston at 2PM.

Lets put some clothes on Red

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On this bright Sunday morning we will knock out stage two of the “Lets put some clothes on our GIANT Red Green monument”.
So far pants, shoes, undies, and a belt have been dressed on our GIANT.

Starting early at 9am members leading the build will be at the space to help with the dressing of the Red Green Giant.  Using seven foot sheets of Tyvek, duct tape will be layered to make up the tartan pattern that is seen on the common flannel shirt Red is seen wearing.

So if you’re just waking up checking your RSS feeds, head on over to the space and lend a hand.   We’ll be here most of the day.

Meeting Tonight & More Red Green Statue Building

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It must be a 1st or 3rd Tuesday of the month because it is i3 meeting time.  If you have never visited the space, this is a perfect time to meet its members and learn about the interworkings.  It would also be a great time to join and get your 24/7 key card.

After the meeting, we will be working on our giant Red Green Duct Tape Statue as seen in this pic.  That section is 8 feet tall and the top section has a host of woodamatronics (wood + animatronics – electronics).  All are welcome to help staple chicken wire and wrap duct tape.  Way more fun that sitting at home watching TV (I think NCIS is a rerun anyway).

We are also here to help on your Maker Faire projects too.

Details:
Time: 7pm
Location 1481 Wordsworth, Ferndale, MI 48220

BBQ done, up next: Red Green build!

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Saturday’s last-minute barbecue got quite a turnout — some fingertip tallying came up with 16 members and 25 28 guests over the course of the afternoon. For roughly 45 hours’ advance notice, I’ll call that a success! Thanks to all who dropped in, double thanks to those who brought food or drink, and triple thanks to those who helped clean up. 🙂

Sunday’s activities are considerably more functional: Advancing (perhaps finishing?) the giant duct-tape statue of Red Green being constructed in the shop. Nick says he’ll be here roughly 10am until “late”.  All are welcome to help, so if you have latent artistic talent in the medium of adhesive tape, or just need something to do for a few hours, swing by, won’t you?

To give you a sense of scale here, the photo at left was taken from Red’s shoulder. When finished, he’ll be too tall to stand up in the shop!

Barbecue, Saturday July 3, 4pm

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There’s this pile of hotdogs and buns in the freezer, just itching to be eaten! Come help? BYO food is quite alright, too. What more is there to say? Come one, come all, members and non, friends and family…

1481 Wordsworth, Ferndale, MI