14/6/2014 13:00-16:00 - Milligan House, Bunbury

Attendees:  Paul Hamilton (PH), Steven Eaton (SE), Phillip Jubb (PJ), Clare Johnston (CJ), Dylan Morris (DM)

Show and Tell:

Paul and Steven brought along their 3d Printers.  Stephen demonstrated 3D printer calibration and showed off his latest print job - a carbon fibre body for his quadcopter.

Paul showed off the Adafruit 2.8" LCD touchscreen that was running xwindows on a Raspberry Pi.

The output from today’s 3d Printing calibration tests:

The above LH thin wall test was printed in 0.2mm thick PLA, the two smaller RH cubes are printed with 0.4mm carbon fibre filament.

Dylan had a go at printing a 25mm high tree stump:

The next meeting will be on Sat. the 12th of July at the same place.

Two of the SW Makers where invited by Curtin Engineering to attend and display at the Curtin Robofair that was held at the Bentley campus on Sunday the 24th of November.
We arrived early to setup and prepare for the hoards of Maker enthusiasts.
Stephen's 3D printers drew an interested crowd and he met a fellow WA Felix 3D printer guy.

Ok, so there are only a few people present here, as I was too busy to take any photos earlier in the day.  Pole-Cam seemed to be a hit:

As well as the Macro-photography rig:

There where three floors of interesting projects and groups.  I only managed to pop out for a quick walk around right at the end, so I didn't get any photos of the two Adult Lego groups that where present, but I did manage to get a few other photos before everything was packed away for another year.

Below is an Octo-pod UAV.  It's big brother can lift a 7.5Kg Cinema quality video camera:

This UAV can be used in autonomous mode, or via R/C and has been used out on the Nullarbor to look for meteorites:

It was an interesting day and we met all kinds of people, from school kids, to uni students (one was working on a similar projects to my sleep-pi project) and onto adult Makers.  We even met people who had driven up from Bunbury to see the event and hopefully, we might have gained a few new members

It would be nice to see a yearly WA Makers Fair being held in Perth, or even better, the SW.  I see the NSW Power House Museum held a Mini-Makers Fair on the same day as well.

Come and join us on Saturday the 21st of September 2013.  We will be open from 1pm to 4pm in the afternoon.  If you're running short on time, do pop in and say hello. We would love to catch up with you.

We could be working on 3D CAD designs, print outs and Raspberry Pi projects.  Bring along something to working on or just come along for the fun and a chat.

We will be meeting at the Walker Hall at 9 Oakley St, Bunbury - inside/behind the Anglican Diocese building, opposite the Bunbury Anglican Church.

Call Paul on:  0447 470 422  if you have any further questions

Well all I can say is that we were all run off our feet on Saturday at the Science Spectacular!

I will post some photos shortly, but the interest in the Raspberry Pi's, the Line following robots and the 3D printing was overwhelming!  Thanks to Everyone that helped us out manning the fort and also a big thanks for everyone who came by for a chat and asked the interesting questions, It made our day!

Come down and join us at the Southwest Super Science Spectacular this Saturday 17th August 2013 from 10:00am until 4:00pm at the Lutheran School in Dalyellup, We will have a number of things setup, Raspberry Pi, Arduinos, 3D Printers and more.   We're always looking for more  interested people.

Not to mention all the other great things happening at the Spectacular, Dr Karl will be there!