Lazy Susan Project (Class 2 of 3)
Knox Makers - Woodworking 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesWe will turn rough sawn ash into a table ready lazy susan with beautiful inlays. Skills taught will include proper milling technique, panel construction, router and router jig use, inlay techniques, hand plane use and card scraper use.
***Note - This is a three day class ***
The cost of the event is $159.96 for non Knox Makers members and $79.96 for Knox Makers members.
KILLSWITCH Robot Building Workshop
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesKILLSWITCH is coming up soon and choosing the right electronics for your robot is hard. We'll wade through the thousands of options and narrow them down to just the few options that people are actually using for this class of robot fighting.
Lazy Susan Project (Class 3 of 3)
Knox Makers - Woodworking 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesWe will turn rough sawn ash into a table ready lazy susan with beautiful inlays. Skills taught will include proper milling technique, panel construction, router and router jig use, inlay techniques, hand plane use and card scraper use.
***Note - This is a three day class ***
The cost of the event is $159.96 for non Knox Makers members and $79.96 for Knox Makers members.
March Board Meeting
Knox Makers - Classroom 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…
POSTPONED: 2020 KILLSWITCH Deathmatch
Token Game Tavern 213 N Seven Oaks Dr, Knoxville, TN, United StatesPOSTPONED: DATE TBD Robot Registration Join Knox Makers at Token Game Tavern for a very special one-night event. The teams have been working hard, and now, the robots of KILLSWITCH…
Virtual Board Meeting
Knox 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…
Virtual 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…
Slicer Obedience Training
Knox Makers - VirtualThis is a virtual class that will be held online using Big Blue Button. 3D Printing Slicers are willful and disobedient piles of spaghetti code that often provide unusable piles…
Intro to DSP: Learn How DSP Filters Work
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesNote: This will be an online class. Just before class, an invitation will be sent to the email you provide during registration with a link to join and a copy…
Canceled: Switching Supply Design Walk-through
Knox Makers - VirtualNote: This will be an online class. Just before class, an invitation will be sent to the email you provide during registration with a link to join and a copy…
Virtual Board Meeting
Knox 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…
Intro to FreeCAD
Knox Makers - VirtualNote: This will be an online class. Before class, an invitation will be sent to the email you provide during registration with a link to join. Brian will give you…
Laser Cutter 101
Knox Makers - Lasercutting 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThis is an introduction class to our laser cutter, Moonraker. Tracy will lead attendees of this class as they learn the basics of laser cutting, make a simple design, and then engrave and cut out the design using the laser cutter in our space. This class is intended for members who have not yet been authorized to use Moonraker or need/want a review of its operation.Laptops will be provided for this class.
If you were authorized on Goldfinger, there is no need to take this class. For a review of the new laser, please stop by the shop after this class or on a Tuesday to get a tour of the new machine.
Help installing the software on your own laptop can be provided outside of class.In class we will be using Inkscape and the laser cutting extension bundle we’ve put together for it. There is a maximum of five participants.
You can find Inkscape at: https://inkscape.org/
You can find the KM-Laser bundle at: https://github.com/KnoxMakers/KM-Laser
Virtual Board Meeting
Knox Makers - VirtualKnox 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…
Virtual New Members Onboarding
Knox Makers - VirtualWhether you’re a current member, trial member, or prospective member, you’re welcome to join us at this month’s New Member Onboarding!
We’ll start with a brief overview of Knox Makers’ origins and purpose and talk about how the organization works. You’ll learn a bit about the resources available to members and about the path to membership. Afterwards, we’ll hang out and socialize. Tours of the workshop are also available.
FreeCAD by Example
Knox Makers - VirtualDuring this event Brian will guide you through modeling up several examples in FreeCAD. This is a followup to the FreeCAD 101 class but anyone who wants to join in and learn a little more about FreeCAD by following examples is welcome.
Laser Cutter 101
Knox Makers - Lasercutting 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThis is an introduction class to our laser cutter, Moonraker. Tracy will lead attendees of this class as they learn the basics of laser cutting, make a simple design, and then engrave and cut out the design using the laser cutter in our space. This class is intended for members who have not yet been authorized to use Moonraker or need/want a review of its operation.Laptops will be provided for this class.
If you were authorized on Goldfinger, there is no need to take this class. For a review of the new laser, please stop by the shop after this class or on a Tuesday to get a tour of the new machine.
Help installing the software on your own laptop can be provided outside of class.In class we will be using Inkscape and the laser cutting extension bundle we’ve put together for it. There is a maximum of five participants.
You can find Inkscape at: https://inkscape.org/
You can find the KM-Laser bundle at: https://github.com/KnoxMakers/KM-Laser
Build a Coronavirus Blinky Light Circuit
Knox Makers - VirtualNote: This will be an online, virtual, live event. There's no better way to entertain ourselves in a socially distanced manner than to build a circuit that, well, doesn't *celebrate*…
Woodworking 101 – 1 on 1 & Sharpening and Hand plane demo
Knox Makers - Woodworking 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThis class will cover topics related to safe and correct operation of equipment within the woodworking area. This is the authorization class for the area and is required prior to using the equipment. Safe practices will be demonstrated and learned by a hands on approach in the context of taking rough lumber through the process of milling and operation of all equipment in the space.
1 on 1 Auth classes are 2hrs, Sharpening and Hand plane demo 1 hr (up to 3 people)
A look inside the ubiquitous LM7805 regulator
Knox Makers - VirtualThe LM7805 is one of the most popular integrated circuits of electronics. There are certainly several appliances in your house that are using this part and its variants right this…