MakeItZone

A Makerspace and STEM/STEAM education centre for the Comox Valley.

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Getting ready for our first two presenter tutorial livestream: Drea & Sabrina will be mentoring PIE students in creating cardboard pinball machines!

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Thanks to Adrian, we have a new members board! We'll be working on getting everyone who is willing on both! https://t.co/fqDAnBnXrF

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The cookie cutters from our adults intro to 3D printing came out great! If you're interested watch our adults class page (https://t.co/5mhfEvC6lN) or join our email list (https://t.co/JEN8H2iaJk ) to find out when the next session will be!

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At last nights Electronics/Linux/Retrogaming meetup I was asked if there are any good resources to learn the basic fundamentals of analog electronics. Good question! Here's what I found...
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In our AI & Data Science Meetup we succeeded in getting a Raspberry Pi to interface with a small microphone! We're trying to make a system that can detect failing CNC jobs before the end mill breaks. https://t.co/dJAPO8uyx6

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Unleash your creativity and add a personal touch to your baking with our custom cookie cutter workshop! Learn how to design and 3D print your very own cookie cutters, turning your favourite shapes and ideas into delightful culinary creations. To book: https://t.co/khkN6D67Qw

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Introducing Girls' STREAM: offering a space for girls, gender diverse people, and LGBQTQ+.
Both daytime and after school sessions available. First 6 week topic will be an exploration of screen printing! To book: https://t.co/7RHl5Z7ZWd

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Join Kim at MakeItZone and learn to to create fun projects such as stickers, cards and shadow boxes with the Cricut Maker vinyl cutting machine! Book here: https://t.co/XQkf7SxJp8

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Give your kids the skills to bring the stories in their imagination to life with 2D animation!
Classes enrolling now at MakeItZone! https://t.co/axMNiwt1BY

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Procreate is an amazing visual creative tool for iPad- and Drea is running a series of 2 hour introductory workshops – the perfect first step for those with a curiosity for creating digital art with their iPad! Sign up here: https://t.co/2Jd67i1aaX

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Dec 18: Unleash your creativity and add a personal touch to your baking with our custom 3D printed cookie cutter workshop! For info and booking: https://t.co/NPgYA7Ul64

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This one is for adults: We're running an intro to screen printing, this Friday (and next), 6:30pm - 8:30pm! Will be lots of fun as we'll have some people returning from our first session to make some more prints! Details and booking: https://t.co/ThvtTotUfE

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Ok so air drying works way better for drying sand (left) than drying to bake it (right). Lesson learnt 🙂

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Baking (drying sand) for Drea’s upcoming Halloween science experiments. I’m a little jealous of the kids she’s working with this week 😉

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Today's Electronic's meetup is CANCELLED. (Might have overdone Thanksgiving ;-).) Will return as per usual next week. Tomorrow's Blender/CG meetup will be on as usual.

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New faovorite music video: "Tape and Glue" (science fair parody)- https://t.co/5EpNpQwiYc

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Experimental success! Finally got good quality, permanent, images on ceramic tiles (thanks to the power of #lasers!) Next steps: make a jig for better alignment and find some local artists interested in putting their art on tiles, coasters…

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Summer camps are back! Robotics, Game programming (Retrogames, MineCraft, Unreal), Making Costumes/Cosplay, 2D Animation, 3D Character design, and a who-dunnit murder mystery - we'll use science to find the culprit! Go to https://t.co/fnwkHevr0t for details!

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First time screen printing at MakeItZone! Many, many thanks to the amazing tutelage and support from the staff of the Wachiay Studio, especially Andy and Scott!

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Getting ready for CoVaCON- starts tomorrow at the Filberg centre, Courtenay. We’re going to show 3D scanning, digital sculpting, and conversion to “foldable” designs on Sunday, 1:30pm. Going to try and keep it hands on! #covacon