Knox Makers – Classroom
New Members Onboarding
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesWhether 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.
The focus is on new members, but longer-term members are encouraged to come and meet new folks.
Knox Makers Market
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesJoin us for our second Knox Makers Makers Market!
We are planning to have 40 vendors and multiple food trucks for this event all with their own crafted goods!
We will be offering tours of our facility periodically throughout the day and possibly demos over various zones!
Heat Press Auth
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesSublimation printing is soft on fabric like silk screening and not stiff like HTV (heat transfer vinyl.) Come learn how to print your favorite image on special paper then use the heat press to transfer it to a shirt, hat, mug or plate. While this class is focused on sublimation, the heat press is not limited to only sublimation prints. You can press HTV designs cut out on the Silhouette or vinyl cutter.
There will be a short talks on how to and not to press each item integrated with hands on time. Every student will press their name onto the auth shirt and leave with a 12oz coffee cup printed with a design of their choice.
Pre-requisites: Create an image of your name for the shirt and up to a 4" x 9.5" image for your mug.
Laser Cutting Authorization
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThis is an introduction class to our laser cutter, Moonraker. Jondale 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.
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 minimum of two participant and maximum of six participants.
You can find Inkscape at: https://inkscape.org/
You can find the KM-Laser bundle at: https://github.com/KnoxMakers/KM-Laser
Intro to surface mount soldering: Build a Serpinski triangle
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesBasic surface mount technology (SMT) soldering skills significantly broaden one's ability to do repair work, to miniaturize circuits, and to work with modern components that are not offered in through-hole formats. SMT soldering is often portrayed as difficult and intimidating but we have taught plenty of people to tackle this and virtually everyone finds it…
New Members Onboarding
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesWhether 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.
The focus is on new members, but longer-term members are encouraged to come and meet new folks.
Intro to soldering: Build a Blinky Kit
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesHave you wanted to learn to solder so you can do the occasional repair or kit build? Join us for a guided build of one of our custom Knox Makers solder kits and then take it home to earn geek street cred among your soon-to-be-jealous friends. In this class you will learn basic solder iron…
Tuesday Night Talk: Hacking Pavotubes
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesHacking Pavotubes: An overview of how I reverse engineered the RF link to Pavotubes and designed and built a macro keyboard to control them.
Lock Picking 101 – LockSport
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThis Is the Authorization class for the Lockpicks and locksport.
We will go over safety and proper use of lockpicking tools and the ethics behind locksport.
“Locksport is the sport or recreation of defeating locking systems. Its enthusiasts learn a variety of skills including lock picking, lock bumping, and a variety of other skills traditionally known only to locksmiths and other security professionals. Locksport followers enjoy the challenge and excitement of learning to defeat all forms of locks, and often gather together in sport groups to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and participate in a variety of recreational activities and contests.”
Upon completion of this course the Student will understand; the physical mechanics of Hacking a pin tumbler lock, the ethics behind lockpicking, and will successfully pick a five pin lock.
The cost is $44.96 for Knox Makers members, $64.96 for General Public. There will be a maximum of 10 spots of this class, and a minimum of 4 tickets must be sold. If the class minimum is not met 48 hours prior to class start time, the class we be canceled and all tickets will be refunded.
New Members Onboarding
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesWhether 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.
The focus is on new members, but longer-term members are encouraged to come and meet new folks.
Laser Cutting Authorization
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThis is an introduction class to our laser cutter, Moonraker. Jondale 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.
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 minimum of two participant and maximum of six participants.
You can find Inkscape at: https://inkscape.org/
You can find the KM-Laser bundle at: https://github.com/KnoxMakers/KM-Laser
New Members Onboarding
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesWhether 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.
The focus is on new members, but longer-term members are encouraged to come and meet new folks.
Art Glass 101 – Authorization and Build Class
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesDesign, score, cut, grind and solder your way to a beautiful piece of stained glass art!
This class is a prerequisite for using the stained glass equipment at Knox Makers. Attendees of this class will learn how to use all tools in the zone and will be authorized to use the power glass equipment in the future, plus they will walk away with their own custom piece of stained glass art.
Art Glass 101 – Authorization and Build Class
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesDesign, score, cut, grind and solder your way to a beautiful piece of stained glass art!
This class is a prerequisite for using the stained glass equipment at Knox Makers. Attendees of this class will learn how to use all tools in the zone and will be authorized to use the power glass equipment in the future, plus they will walk away with their own custom piece of stained glass art.
New Members Onboarding
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesWhether 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.
The focus is on new members, but longer-term members are encouraged to come and meet new folks.
New Members Onboarding
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesWhether 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.
The focus is on new members, but longer-term members are encouraged to come and meet new folks.
Intro to O’scopes (Sold Out)
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThis class covers the same material as the 1pm class with the same title. The oscilloscope is one of the most powerful (and fun) tools for troubleshooting and observing circuit behaviors. If you've wanted to look beyond DC voltages on a multimeter, which only shows a small portion of what's going on, this is your…
Intro to O’scopes (Sold Out)
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesThe oscilloscope is one of the most powerful (and fun) tools for troubleshooting and observing circuit behaviors. If you've wanted to look beyond DC voltages on a multimeter, which only shows a small portion of what's going on, this is your opportunity! In this class, each attendee will have a modern oscilloscope similar or identical…
New Members Onboarding
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesWhether 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.
The focus is on new members, but longer-term members are encouraged to come and meet new folks.
Tuesday Night Talk: Running an Open Source Hackerspace
Knox Makers - Classroom 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN, United StatesKnox Makers has a commitment to open hardware and software, running all of its tools, behind the scenes operations, and teaching classes exclusively with FOSS. In this talk, Tracy will talk about why Knox Makers has chosen open source, some of the technologies they use, and what the challenges are to this commitment.