DALLAS MAKERSPACE STRANDBEEST BIKE BUILD

CONDENSED BUILD LOG

Short list of long tasks. Check the build log blog page for detailed information.

Tuesday Nov 20th

Workday at DMS

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Sat November 10th

Accomplished: 

Got the band back together!

Created our first leg

Found issue with K-leg

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Tuesday October 9th

Accomplished: 

Fully funded! 

Thank you everyone! 

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Tuesday October 10th

Accomplished:

Burnt the silkscreen at DMS

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Friday July 27th 

Accomplished: 

First leg experimental cut on Multicam 

VCarve file triple check

Sanding pieces 

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Thursday July 26th

Gofundme goes live

click to contribute

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Meeting #5

Accomplished:

Critiqued the gofundme video

Looked at JohnK recent strandbeest robot build  

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Board of Directors Meeting: 

Funding for wix website and two sheets of wood approved to be paid back when gofundme is successful $250

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Meeting #4

Accomplished: 

rough cut shown- Chuck, John K
Go fund me update - Nicole, JJ

Website discussed - Nicole
T-shirt update- Joe, John

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Meeting #3(ish)

Accomplished:

Filmed gofundme intro - JJ, Nicole, Daniel

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Meeting #3

Accomplished: 

yes to the gofundme

1/2" plywood decided 

metal endocarps decided upon

T-shirt, posters looked at 

mockup shown 

Meeting #2

Accomplished:

wood decided upon over metal for first iteration 

crankshaft discussion 

funding options discussed 

mini mockup shown

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Meeting #1

Accomplished: 

introductions 

construction options discussed 

evaluation of Blaine Elliott's build 

magic number discussion

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