Leesburg Committee Notes: August 2021

Chair: Jessee Maloney 

Members: Michael James, Tami Scannell, John Dubelko & Scott Newman

Completed Tasks:

• We held two February workdays : We had around a dozen members show up
  • The new dust collection system was set up in the back woodshop bathroom with Mike Dewan ion charge of demo and installation
  • The new utility sink was placed in its forever home, but has not been hooked up to water just yet.
  • The basement cosplay area was prepped for demo by bringing all sewing related cosplay tools upstairs
  • the wall was torn down
  • we started prepping for next months workday by measuring and drawing out our new storage closet shelves that will be in the closet next to the Roland UV Printer.
• Bartered with an Electrician for Basement Electrical Work: Jessee bartered with a friend who is a bonded commercial journeyman electrician to properly disconnect the power in the middle wall switch in the basement so we could tear the wall down without worry. The electrician, Jake, came back the next week and tied together both sets of lights so they are on one switch. Jessee asked for an invoice, but instead he asked if she could help with one of his cosplay pieces. She agreed. 
• Mary W. and Jessee met to discuss the September Leesburg Project spreadsheet and other upcoming Plans:  All discrepancies have been resolved and more ideas to streamline everything was discussed. The first one being that we will try and buy supplies and other items from the Makersmiths Amazon account before trying other places. This will make it easier to keep track of everything and reduce the amount of checks going out. 

In Progress Tasks:

• September 2021 Leesburg Project:
  • French Cleat Project has to be revisited: The new electrical box will need to be moved to the wall we were going to use for the french cleats.
  • We received Raspberry PI 4's as a donation and will no longer need to purchase them
  • We are still researching how to go about making a vent for the open vent in the main room.
  • Weather stripping still needs to be purchased for the window next to the laser cutter. It has been out of stock.
• Member Storage is Being Reorganized and Reimagined: 
  • More info on this project coming soon, but plans are currently under talks between committee members and shop stewards
• Reception Area Cabinet (the dark brown one that came with the building) Organization Project: Jessee has gone through the cabinet halfway and organized all of the old permits and everything else into labeled magazine holders, as well as framed and hung the building illustration that came with the building. We also 3D printed handles to add to the bottom sliding doors Tami added.
  • We still need to organize the bottom half.
• The Cosplay Area in the Basement / 20% complete: 
  • The middle wall has been torn down completely and all of the demo trash has been taken to the dump.
  • flooring has been purchased and we are testing two tiles on the floor in its current condition.
  • An electrician has tied together both sets of lights onto one switch
  • We still need to:
    • fill in some patches in the floor tiles
    • paint over the metal drop ceiling brackets with rust oleum white paint (which still needs to be purchased)
    • paint the walls white
    • install new vinyl tile flooring
  • Maggie Toth and the rest of the cosplay group has also agreed to allow Resin 3D Printers to be kept in the cosplay area. We are slowly running out of room in the area outside that room, and this would make resin printing an easier task.
• Wood Shop: Mike Dewan is still working on the dust collection room which still needs drywall, paint and mold removal/coverup.
• Metal Shop: Brad Hess has started working on reorganizing and redesigning the metal shop. Once complete we will have proper storage for all endmills, a new home for the smaller CNC, plus other tools that are normally just stuck in there will have a proper home. The committee is hoping this will start up again in the spring.
• Supply Closet: We are reorganizing the Utility Closet and starting a separate Supply Closet in the closet next to the Roland UV Printer.
  • All supplies for classes (ex: tiles for uv printer, glasses for advanced laser, etc), trash bags, paper towels and other such items will be stored on the future shelves in the new supply closet.
  • Each shelf with half a label saying exactly what is supposed to go there. That way we know what we are low on, AND members can know what to donate if they feel the urge to do so.
  • The shelves will be built using supplies we already have on hand thanks to Tami.

To-Do List:

• The woodshop bathroom needs a lot of attention

Notes:

Progress Photos: