Category Archive: Workshop

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!

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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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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Sep 06

Tube Radio Workshop – Sat. Sept. 22 at O Cinema

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Got Retro? Before the web, Ipods, Cassettes, 8 tracks, and even the 45 RPM record, radio was king. Often times the family radio was the only link to timely news from around the globe. Many old tube radios survive to this day sitting on shelves as decoration or abandoned in attics or barns across the …

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Sep 04

Our German Style Ale

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Thanks to everybody who came out for our beer brewing workshop. We hope to have a great batch of beer to drink in a few weeks! Here are a few pictures from the event.