[Blackpool] Weekend of October 24th 2015

[Arthur Garlick]

Thanks Mike,

Nice job with the monies, I will saw you there on Saturday.


I have done pretty much nothing maker wise in the last fortnight. I deployed chemicals on some tree stumps. The cheap chainsaw chains I bought seemed to be great on clean wood, I shifted two more small sycamores with ease. But when I went back to gritty roots they lost their edge far quicker than a full price chain. I'd have to say my idea to use cheap chains on roots and then throw the chains was a fail, even at that price it's not financially viable and the metal isn't worth the ages it takes to re sharpen the cutting edges.

Regards

Arthur


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> On 2 Sep 2015, at 21:43, Les Pounder <lespounder at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike
> 
> That's great news, well done.
> 
> Regarding the LASER cutter, DoES Liverpool are running a 1 day course this
> Saturday [1] which covers all the basics of using a cutter and how to
> maintain it. The course costs ￡70 for the day which is a bit of a bargain.
> So apologies but I will not be at the Makerspace this Saturday, but it is
> for a good cause :)
> 
> Best
> Les
> 
> 
> [1]
> http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-laser-cutting-september-2015-tickets-17438465921
> 
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Mike Hull <mikehull2008 at hotmail.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I have received communication from the Craft Council that our application
>> to participate in their "Make:Shift:Do 2015" weekend has been accepted.
>> 
>> We will be among 25 venues nationwide participating in this event to
>> promote creative "making" activities.
>> 
>> We are hoping to use the weekend to promote our club, find prospective new
>> members and "open" our new club venue (although it will be a
>> work-in-progress).
>> 
>> We have been awarded a grant of ￡100 to help putting on the "Open Day"
>> event.
>> 
>> In Addition we have been awarded a grant of ￡300 for putting on an "In
>> Depth Event". This is described as enabling us to participate in an
>> activity we have not previously tried. We applied on the basis that the
>> funds would help us to purchase our first laser engraver/cutter.
>> 
>> I have confirmed our wish to participate in this event, on behalf of
>> "Blackpool Makerspace"
>> 
>> In order to fully consider the implications of this event it would be
>> appreciated if all members could try to come to Tyldesley Road from 10am on
>> Saturday 5th September to discuss planning of the event.
>> 
>> Many thanks
>> 
>> Mike Hull
>> 
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