So, how serious a maker are you? Do you build robots? Vehicles? Wanna make your own custom computer cases or server racks? Or add rugged decorative touches to your latest Burning Man project? If so, you’re going to have to know how to wield a welder and make hot iron bend to your will.
Fortunately for you, Mimi Riley from Studio Steel got in touch to let us know about her metal work classes. And fortunately for us, Mimi publishes her class calendar online as an ics file, so we’ve gone ahead and added the whole thing to our Meet at the Pig Google calendar so you can see her most recent schedule updates as she makes them.
Check out Mimi’s latest work on the Studio Steel site, and see this page for more info about the metal work classes.
Saturday, February 2, 8am – 10am
1137 NE Boat Street, Seattle
Or online via Proxibid.com
Now that the Boeing Surplus Store has closed in favor of online sales, what’s a poor tinkerer or hobbyist to do? Well, one option is to check out the UW Surplus Property Store and Auction. The next auction is coming up on Saturday morning, and the list of items for sale is enough to make a Bond villain tremble with excitement. Some stuff that caught my eye:
- A metal sphere
- Miscellaneous cutting tools
- Video cameras and lenses
- Palettes of Macs and PCs and Suns
- Barcode readers
- An injection molding machine
- A drill press
- A liquid nitrogen freezer system
The store is usually pretty well stocked, too. You won’t find the big industrial machines or lab equipment there, but you can get decent office furniture, industrial kitchen supplies, computer, monitors, peripherals, and cool doodads, parts, and pieces. The store is open two Tuesdays a month, and on Saturdays after an auction. Keep an eye on our calendar page for dates and times.
