New Members 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 should feel welcome to stay and socialize. The focus of this evening will be on members who are new to Knox Makers, but older members…
Intro to Arduino: Build a Digital Music Box
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesHave you been interested in working with Arduino but don't know where to start? We have got you covered! Ray will lead attendees of this class in building a digital music box to take home and show off with pride. In the process, students will assemble a battery-powered Arduino, audio amplifier, and speaker. Then, students…
Intro to Power Supplies
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesSwitching or linear? Ford or Chevy? Microsoft or Apple? Vi or Emacs? We may not settle the most contentious debates of our time, but we can better understand the basics of power supplies. Ray will provide an introduction to the purpose of power supplies and why we need them, the basic properties found in power…
Open Hack Night
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 programming language, get help working on your personal projects, or try your hand at using the 3d printer. You might just come out to see…
Open Hack Night
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 programming language, get help working on your personal projects, or try your hand at using the 3d printer. You might just come out to see…
Intro to and Beating up of Power Supplies (Pt 1 of 2)
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesPower supplies are the backbone of the electronics world, but choosing and using them can be daunting. There are many questions that must be addressed when working on your power supply project. Part 1 of this 2-part class will focus on exploring the different types of power supplies, the pros and cons of each, and…
Metal Shop Introduction
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesGreg will introduce the metal shop with a basic safety discussion, tour of the metal shop, explanation of operations and procedures, and available equipment. Welding demonstrations and hands-on practice will be available for those interested in participating and making some sparks. There is some loaner equipment, but if you have your own welding gear, you…
Welding Techniques Workshop
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesGreg will outline techniques for welding in the metal shop. This class will begin with welding instruction followed by a hands-on shop class in which students will learn the effects of heat, ideal travel speed, welding position, and more. Those interested in participating and making some sparks after the class is over are welcome to…
Open Hack Night
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 programming language, get help working on your personal projects, or try your hand at using the 3d printer. You might just come out to see…
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 prompty at 6:30PM, and the tinkering will start around 7:00PM. Knox Area Robotics…
Intro to and Beating up of Power Supplies (Pt 2 of 2)
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesPower supplies are the backbone of the electronics world, but choosing and using them can be daunting. There are many questions that must be addressed when working on your power supply project. Part 1 of this 2-part class will focus on exploring the different types of power supplies, the pros and cons of each, and…
Computer Vision Coding Sprint
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesJoin us as we make an open source python OpenCV code base that can run on a Raspberry Pi 3 sideprocessor and report to the roboRIO the bearing and range of the 2018 target(s) at 30+fps. This event will be in partnership with the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). Every year FRC releases a new robotics…
Open Hack Night
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 programming language, get help working on your personal projects, or try your hand at using the 3d printer. You might just come out to see…
Maker Meetup
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesKnox Makers will be hosting The Maker City community at this month's Maker Meetup. The goal of The Maker City is to bring together makers and artists, developers, manufacturers, city officials, and entrepreneurs in order to develop a platform of information that will create a stronger maker community. The Maker Meetups are a way to…
**CANCELED** Welding Aluminum **CANCELED**
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThe minimum for this class was not met. It has been canceled.
Annual Members Meeting
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThis week we will be having our annual members meeting. We will go over the state of the organization, what we have accomplished in the past year, and what our plans moving forward in 2018 are. We will also vote on board members and bylaw changes. This event is for current, paying Knox Makers members…
Let’s Build a Forge (Workshop)
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesAttendees of this class will spend the day with Greg building their own small forge with a single Venturi-style burner. This will include step-by-step instruction from an experienced metal worker. This is an all-day event, so you will want to bring your lunch. If, by the end of this class, there is a person/team with…
Embroidery Machine Workshop
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThis class is an overview and hands-on workshop with our Singer XL400 Futura CNC embroidery machine. Sue will show attendees the basics of how to turn text and images into fabric art. This class is intended for members who have not yet been authorized to use the embroidery machine. This class is only open to…
Welding Techniques Workshop
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesGreg will outline techniques for welding in the metal shop. This class will begin with welding instruction followed by a hands-on shop class in which students will learn the effects of heat, ideal travel speed, welding position, and more. Those interested in participating and making some sparks after the class is over are welcome to…
January 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.