RIT MAKE Club: Smarts and Crafts

Free Bike Tuneups — 16 April 2010

Chris Tomkins-Tinch — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:04:43 +0000

Photo Gallery from February 2nd, 2010 — bookcase building.

Chris Tomkins-Tinch — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:36:39 +0000

On February 2nd, Make Club built bookcases using only 6″x12″ boards.

Photos by Chris Tomkins-Tinch, and Aaron Jackendoff (where marked).

Photo Gallery from January 29th, 2009 — Fibers Arts Workshop

Chris Tomkins-Tinch — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:22:56 +0000

Photos courtesty of Matt Handy. Thank you to Andrea and Matt Handy for organizing one of several fantastic fibers workshops!

Photo Gallery from October 16th, 2009 — styrofoam cutter, knitting, and fiber materials workshop

Nicholas Dexter — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:46:14 +0000

Photo Gallery from October 9th, 2009 — bike repair, solar-cooker, and worm-bin vermicomposter

Nicholas Dexter — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:19:13 +0000

Meeting Report: September 25th, 2009

Nicholas Dexter — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:37:46 +0000

This week we had Andrea and Matt Handy at the Center for Student Innovation (MAKE Club’s awesome new meeting space) present photos and talk of their experiences from a recent trip to Maker Faire: Rhode Island

: Andrea & Matt Handy present photos to a captivated audience of makers.

Andrea later shared pictures of cool hand-made sweaters that she had designed and knit, and Matt shared pictures of the Lotus kit car he built in his garage.

Photo Gallery from September 18th, 2009 Meeting/Brainstorming Session

Nicholas Dexter — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:42:44 +0000

Michael Conti took some great photographs from the September 18th Meeting/Brainstorming Session.

There’s also a nice writeup on the Center for Student Innovation’s website about MAKE Club.

Photo Gallery from September 11th, 2009 1st Meeting of the Year

Chris Tomkins-Tinch — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:03:10 +0000

Make Club screen-prints shirts in the Center for Student Innovation!

Photos courtesy of Sarai Oviedo.

Meeting Report: May 8, 2009

Chris Tomkins-Tinch — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:59:10 +0000

On May 8, 2009 Make met in the new Center for Student Innovation and spoke with the Director, Dr. Ian Gatley. This was our final meeting for the 2008-’09 academic year. We discussed projects, our goals, and possible future collaborations with the Rochester Museum and Science Center.

Make met with Associate Professor Clark Hochgraf and learned about his [electric] “e-bike” movement. We even got to take one of the bikes out for a spin. E-bikes function as a great way to spread awareness of electric vehicles, and serve as a platform for developing neat related projects (think autonomous e-bikes, or e-bikes that charge when parked in solar-powered bike racks). Make may collaborate with Professor Hochgraf in the future on e-bike projects.

The next Make meeting will be in the Fall of 2009. Stay tuned to this website and the Google group for more information.

Meeting: All hands. Hackerspace brainstorming, show and tell.

Chris Tomkins-Tinch — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:37:51 +0000

Exciting news! Dr. Ian Gatley, the new Director of the Center for Student Innovation, has granted us permission to meet at the CSI this Friday (the big round building). We will meet at 6PM in the lobby of the building.

As mentioned in the post for the last meeting, we have an opportunity to compile a list of what we might like (tools, equipment, materials, etc.) in an ideal “hackerspace” tinkershop. Pleas bring an open mind and perhaps a list of things you think might be helpful to have around some day.

Also on the agenda is a show and tell session. If you would like to demonstrate a project that you have been working on, please bring it to the meeting. This will be a great opportunity to get others interested in your ideas and find collaborators.