Screen Printing for Beginners
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesGrace and Doug will provide a beginner's overview of the screen printing process. Attendees will learn to how to construct a screen, how to transfer a design onto a screen using contact paper, and the proper techniques for printing. Attendees are encouraged to bring in a black and white (no grayscale) design and fabric (such…
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 promptly at 6:30PM, and the tinkering will start around 7:00PM. During this time,…
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…
A Practical Approach to Transmission Lines
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesAllan, from the HAM radio group, will provide a review of the transmission line theory and offer a fresh approach to understanding why they behave the way they do. Radio amateurs will learn how to spend less effort and time on setting up their radio equipment and get a station on the air with excellent…
WordPress Monthly Meetup [Social]
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesWordPress is an open source platform for building websites, and Knoxville's Wordpress group will gather for their monthly meeting to discuss Wordpress topics. Presenters are still needed for this month. If you are interested in leading a lightening talk or a main presentation, please contact the Wordpress group on Meetup. If no presenters are found,…
Learn to Sew
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesIn this class, Sue will cover the basics of sewing, including how to thread your machine and bobbin, how to use some of the most basic stitches, a discussion on which tools are needed to be a successful sewer, how to troubleshoot your machine, and basic terms to help decipher a pattern. There will be…
Laser Cutter Workshop
This is an overview class and a hands-on workshop with our laser cutter, Goldfinger. Jondale will lead attendees of this class as they learn the basics of laser cutting and how to safely operate the laser cutter in our space. This class is intended for members who have not yet been authorized to use Goldfinger…
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…
Social Sew
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesKnox Makers will be open for those who wish to work on a sewing project. While this time is unstructured, sewing experts will be on hand to answer any questions or assist with project construction. Bring your passion, creativity, and your projects! This time is for all skill levels and all types of sewing projects.…
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…
Knox3DP – Getting the Most Out of Your Prints
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesDo you find getting prints out of your plastic printer frustrating? This month's presenter, Bruce Chaffins, has gone through plenty of trials and tribulations from pulling his hair out when things go back to smiling end-to-end when prints go well. Fresh off a new extruder build, Bruce is going to share some tips and tricks…
Laser Cutter Workshop
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThis is an overview class and a hands-on workshop with our laser cutter, Goldfinger. Jondale will lead attendees of this class as they learn the basics of laser cutting and how to safely operate the laser cutter in our space. This class is intended for members who have not yet been authorized to use Goldfinger…
Laser Cutter Workshop
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThis is an overview class and a hands-on workshop with our laser cutter, Goldfinger. Jondale will lead attendees of this class as they learn the basics of laser cutting and how to safely operate the laser cutter in our space. This class is intended for members who have not yet been authorized to use Goldfinger…
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…
Wood Shop Work Day
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThe wood shop is in desperate need of attention, so if you have time to donate, please consider attending this work day. There are several tools in need of maintenance and repair, and this will also be a time to discuss plans for the future of the wood shop. If you have been using the…
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…
KILLSWITCH Arena Design
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesKILLSWITCH is the Knox Makers robot fighting competition scheduled for October 14th, 2017. To keep this competition interesting, our robotic gladiators will need a sufficiently lethal arena to fight in. This night will be dedicated to discussing the design for the KILLSWITCH trailer-mounted thunderdome. This arena will consist of four hazards, and we will need…
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. During this time,…
Social Sew
Knox Makers 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesKnox Makers will be open for those who wish to work on a sewing project. While this time is unstructured, sewing experts will be on hand to answer any questions or assist with project construction. Bring your passion, creativity, and your projects! This time is for all skill levels and all types of sewing projects.…