Saw a Tweet today that a new set of AA classes were open for registration. Some highlights:
http://artisansasylum.com/?page_id=1803 Overthrow Sound: A first course in electronic music production Bucky's Buddies: Building Temporary Structures, Thursdays, April 5-26 - Bevan's famous dome class returns! If you've ever wanted to learn how to build large, tough structures cheaply, this class is for you. Come learn how to design and build geodesic structures out of wood and metal! Who is the target audience for this one? At first I thought they were aiming at set builders, but then it mentions geodesic structures. Sounds intriguing. Tool Training: Basic Machine Tools, most Saturdays and Sundays, 12-2pm -- For complete novices and as a basic refresher, this session covers everything someone would need to get started at Artisan's Asylum; basic safety, basic shop layout, drill presses, sanders, bench grinder, and hand power tools. See registration for exact dates available. Introduction to Analog Circuit Design, 2 SEATS LEFT! Thursdays, March 8-29 -- In this followup to Introduction to Electronics, students will work with transistors, operational amplifiers, and a few other basic components to create circuits with a variety of audio applications - including amplification, filtering, and signal processing. By the end of the course you'll be able to make a simple guitar amp, audio equalizer, or radio system! Breadboard to Circuitboard, Wednesdays, April 4-25 -- Go from prototype to professional! This class will help you take a circuit that works on your breadboard and create a fancy, professional-quality circuitboard for it. Students will learn how to enter a circuit into a free schematic capture program, create a netlist file, import the netlist into a free layout program, produce Gerber files to send to a PCB production house, and produce a BOM (Bill of Materials) for professional board production. Tool Training: 3D Printer, scheduled week by week -- Learn everything you need to know to print 3D models and prototypes on our new uPrint SE Plus 3D printer! This class covers everything you need to know to safely and properly operate the printer as an Asylum member. I guess that answers my earlier question asking whether the AA has a 3D printer. The other class on "Introduction to Computer-Aided Manufacturing," where you run a "4´x8´ computer-controlled router" is actually more interesting, but it is sold out. (I've always thought woodworking needed to be more like word processing, such that one small mistake doesn't mean you have to start over. Just fix the typo and reprint.) Intro to TIG Welding: APRIL, Mondays, April 2-23 and Tuesdays, April 3-24 -- Come learn how to weld with Skunk! TIG welding is a precise type of welding generally used to make space frames (like bicycle frames) and small pieces. Students learn operation of a TIG welder and a large range of supporting equipment for a variety of materials and joint types. Metalworking Intensive: APRIL, Wednesdays, April 4-25 -- In this class, the instructors will guide students through professional-grade steel construction skills in the building of metal worktables for Artisan's Asylum. By the end of the session, students will have learned all the skills necessary to building load-bearing steel structures, including cutting, milling, grinding, jigging, and MIG welding. AA doesn't have enough tables yet? Isn't this the 3rd or 4th run of this class? Tool Training: Basic Metalworking Machine Tools, most Saturdays, 4-6pm, and Sundays, 3-5pm -- Basic training on sheet metal tools, chop saws, hand grinders, cutoff wheels, metal bandsaws, and spot welders. Tool Training: Precision Machine Tools, Wednesdays, 7-9pm -- Basic training on the operation of our Bridgeport manual mills and manual lathes. Training on the Sharp CNC mill scheduled individually, according to appointment. This highlights list is getting too long...more classes on woodworking (including another one mentioning the CNC Router), sewing, and bicycle maintenance & repair. Interesting stuff if you aren't bogged down doing taxes in April. :-( -Tom _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
