Jack

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Name: Jack B
Date registered: October 5, 2011

Latest posts

  1. Send us your Photography Workshop Pics! — April 15, 2013
  2. Six Component (and a handful of screws) Table Design Challenge — April 11, 2013
  3. Photo 101 – At Gold Coast Railroad Museum – Sunday April 14 — April 6, 2013
  4. Photography 101 – Stay Tuned for Details! — March 22, 2013
  5. Possible Future Workshops & Events List — March 22, 2013

Most commented posts

  1. Got Retro 2: Tube Audio Amp Workshop — 3 comments
  2. Kelvin Water Generator – Part Deux — 2 comments
  3. Tube Radio Workshop – Sat. Sept. 22 at O Cinema — 2 comments
  4. Bacon Tell – This Saturday, July 14! — 2 comments
  5. First Show & Tell at O-Cinema, Sat. June 9th 2012 — 2 comments

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Apr 15

Send us your Photography Workshop Pics!

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Thank you to all who took part in our Photography 101 Workshop at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum. It was a good time. Now we want to see you pics! Please email or link us to your pics in the comments!

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Apr 11

Six Component (and a handful of screws) Table Design Challenge

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Our friends at The Wolfsonian Miami have sent us details for their Six Component (and a handful of screws) Design Challange. Details are as follows: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University has opened a design challenge to solicit submissions for a new table design to be displayed in the museum lobby.  The design should complement The Wolfsonian’s …

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Apr 06

Photo 101 – At Gold Coast Railroad Museum – Sunday April 14

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Cameras & Trains! Learn the basics of photography such as aperture, ISO, and exposure. Then take your new skills out for a spin at the Gold Coast Railroad museum. $8 gets you in the door, and we’ve reserved a railcar for our workshop! Even if you already know how to handle a camera, it’s a …

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Mar 22

Photography 101 – Stay Tuned for Details!

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Mar 22

Possible Future Workshops & Events List

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Here’s a list of possible workshops and events from our meeting last week: deas for Meetings & Workshops: Arts & Crafts: Jewelry Making: Beading, simple metal-working, etc Steam Punk Accessories: – How to Make watch component Cuff-links – How to salvage and recycle parts in jewelry. Photography 101: The basics of shooting in manual mode …

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Mar 18

Macgyver Contest via Instructables

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Robert spotted a cool contest for you tinkerers out there experienced in saving the world with nothing more than paperclips and chewing gum.  The Instructables Macgyver contest: Create a new Step By Step, Photo, or Video Instructable that fits the guidelines outlined in the right-hand column. Instructables must be published between Mar 18, 2013 and …

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Dec 10

Download Plans for John’s Deck Chair

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Hi guys, Here is a dropbox link to download the plans and parts list for John’s Deck chair, from his November workshop. Enjoy! Click here to download the PDF.

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Nov 25

Pics from John’s Furniture Workshop.

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Thanks to everyone who came to the furniture workshop, and a special thanks to John for putting together his presentation. It was good to see everybody there and meet a couple of new faces. For those who want to try to put together their own deck chair, we will be posting a PDF of John’s …

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Nov 09

Furniture Workshop – Nov. 24, 11:30am at O Cinema

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This week John van Houten will be talking about some of the furniture he has designed and built.  One particular example is a simple but elegant wooden deck-chair. The plans for this chair will be explained and freely available to all Tinker Tank attendees who are interested in building chairs for themselves. The workshop will …

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Oct 18

Got Retro 2: Tube Audio Amp Workshop

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Got Retro Part 2: A foray into tube audio amps. Join us and learn the basics of tube audio amplifier restoration, troubleshooting, and some of those mystical mods tube gurus talk about. If you have a vintage piece that’s giving you trouble, or you just want to ask questions, feel free to bring it with …

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