Killswitch Kick Off – Public Welcome
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesTonight, we're kicking off our annual KILLSWITCH robotic combat tournament season. We'll review the KILLSWITCH rules, then start to form teams and brainstorm ideas together. Through weekly workshops to follow, we'll learn all…
DC865 Meeting At Knox Makers
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United States DC865 is a group for hackers, sysadmins, developers, and students to meet, create, and learn. A typically meeting may consist of a
presentation, workshop, or a CTF. Meetings are usually held the third Wednesday of the month, and are free and open to the public. Future
meetings will be announced here on the Knox Makers website, Twitter, and on their website (dc865.org).
Machining 100 – Intro To Machining
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesBilly will give you a basic introduction to the machining area. This class will begin with a tour of the machining area with a, in-depth discussion of each tool, it’s uses, proper procedures, and safety. At the end of this class, all participating members will be authorized to use the drill press, box pan brake, handtools, and the horizontal bandsaw. This is a prerequisite for the Bridgeport Mill and Lathe tool authorization classes.
Build a Foam Head!
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesWhat is one part Muppets, two parts foam and felt, with a dash of Goldeneye 64's Big Head Mode? FOAM MASCOT HEADS! Arts & Crafts Czar Sean will teach how…
Killswitch Kick Off – Public Welcome
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesTonight, we're kicking off our annual KILLSWITCH robotic combat tournament season. We'll review the KILLSWITCH rules, then start to form teams and brainstorm ideas together. Through weekly workshops to follow, we'll learn…
July Board Meeting
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesKnox Makers members are welcome to join us as we hold our monthly board meeting. The board will be discussing pertinent topics happening around the space. All current, paying Knox Makers members are welcome to attend. This event is closed to the general public.
Milling 101 – Bridgeport Mill Tool Authorization
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesIn this class you will receive basic hands on experience in operating a Bridgeport Series I J-Head milling machine. During this 3 to 4 hour class, Billy will go over the basics of tramming the head of the mill, tramming the vise, edge finding, work holding and setup, drilling , side milling, and top/end milling operations. You will also learn the basics of the DRO (digital read out), the table power feed, and basic care of the mill. This is a tool authorization class and once completed you will be authorized to use the milling machine and Knox Maker members will receive a key need to operate the mill. Intro to Machining is a prerequisite class.
Free Community Leader Authorization – Learn to Setup and Use Pablo
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesPablo the Polargraph Drawing Bot is a group build by members of Knox Makers and other community volunteers.
In this hands-on workshop, we will run through how to set up Pablo's pieces, hook up Pablo's pieces together, and how to connect and use the space mini-laptop designated for Pablo.
Pablo uses a Processing sketch to control the coordinates that Pablo draws as well as the chosen writing utensil that Pablo lifts and places on your canvas material while drawing.
KILLSWITCH – Combat Robot Design – Public Welcome
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesTonight will be part of a special presentation series for Killswitch: Issac will provide additional details about combat robot weapons, including some of the pros and cons of each design.…
Quilting – Inspired by Tom Russell Part 1
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThis month we're exploring the quilt styling of Tom Russell. This is the first of a two part class. In the first class we'll piece the background and add the flowers. The second class will allow time for embellishments such as beading, ribbons.
We will create one 16x16 (4-8x8s) quilt block that you can frame or use to make a pillowcase or shopping bag. Directions and pattern for turning your block into a pillow or bag will be available. You may also choose to keep going at home and make additional blocks for a quilt top. Different block classes will be available in coming months so you could also save and combine with other block designs for a sampler quilt.
KILLSWITCH: Robot Parts – Public Welcome
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesTonight will be part of a continuing series of presentations for Killswitch: Description: This workshop focuses on the hobby R/C hardware used to build KILLSWITCH bots. We'll briefly review motors,…
Knox Area Robotics Club – Talk and Tinker
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThis month’s meeting for the Knox Area Robotics Club will be a talk and tinker session. Members are encouraged to bring in robotics projects to work on and tinker with to collaborate and learn from each other. Show and Share will begin promptly at 6:30PM, and the tinkering will start around 7:00PM.
New Member Onboarding
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesKnox Makers will host a member onboarding session for new members. This night will start with a brief overview of the resources, rules, and goals of Knox Makers. Afterwards, members…
Quilting – Inspired by Tom Russell Part 2
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United Stateshis month we're exploring the quilt styling of Tom Russell. This is the second session of a two part class. In the first class we pieced the background and added the flowers. This class allows time for all the embellishments such as beading and ribbons.
We will create one 16x16 (4-8x8s) quilt block that you can frame or use to make a pillowcase or shopping bag. Directions and pattern for turning your block into a pillow or bag will be available. You may also choose to keep going at home and make additional blocks for a quilt top. Different block classes will be available in coming months so you could also save and combine with other block designs for a sampler quilt.
Open Hack – Public Welcome
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesOpen hack nights are a chance for people to come out to Knox Makers and hack on anything at any skill level. You can come out to practice a new…
DC865 Meeting At Knox Makers
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesDC865 is a group for hackers, sysadmins, developers, and students to meet, create, and learn. A typically meeting may consist of a
presentation, workshop, or a CTF. Meetings are usually held the third Wednesday of the month, and are free and open to the public. Future
meetings will be announced here on the Knox Makers website, Twitter, and on their website (dc865.org).
Intro to Sewing – Pillows or Cushions
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesIf you're tired of looking at those old throw pillows and want to get a fresh look, you can simply recover them. Join us for this intro to sewing class.…
Adult Arting – Sticker Release Painting
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThis meeting of AA will be utilzing awesome die cut vinyl stickers and acrylic splotch painting to create interesting designs through layering and release. All supplies are provided, though if…
Journaling for Beginners: The How’s and Why’s
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United States“Keeping a personal journal a daily in-depth analysis and evaluation of your experiences is a high-leverage activity that increases self-awareness and enhances all the endowments and the synergy among them.” — Stephen…
August Board Meeting
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesKnox Makers members are welcome to join us as we hold our monthly board meeting. The board will be discussing pertinent topics happening around the space. All current, paying Knox Makers members are welcome to attend. This event is closed to the general public.