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- Building Guitar Pedals WorkshopNoisebridge, San Francisco, CA
## Building Guitar Pedals Workshop
Thanks to everyone who came to the last workshop it was great meeting all of you, I’m looking forward to helping you create a successful project!
If you have questions contact me through the Noisebridge discord. We have dedicated channel: events > #pedal-building. Use this link to join:
https://discord.gg/kj2dkV3Pcv look for the pedal-building channel under
You can also contact me get information through my blog:
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### About me:
Hi my name is Mitchell, I teach front end web development and have a hobby making things! I have built many guitar pedals, and synthesizer modules. Full disclosure, I majored in art in college, and am not an electrical engineer. If I can do this you can do it!
Take a look at my blog: http://www.super-freq.com/
### Where will we be making guitar pedals?
At noisebridge 272 Capp Street, in the electronics room.
### What Tools and materials do you need to make guitar pedals?
Noisebridge has a lot of electronics parts on hand, much of it looks like it would be great for analog projects. That said they don’t have everything. There is probably enough onsite to get started, you may have to order some parts in the future, talk to me I can help you out ordering parts if you have questions.
You’ll use a solderless breadboard for prototyping, solder iron, wire cutters, and a multimeter for debugging. Noisebridge has most of these things on-site.
Please donate to help us run the space if you can, but no one is turned away from lack of funds. We suggest a sliding scale donation of $10-30 going towards the maintenance of and new equipment for the space.
Payable to our cash box, or by Venmo, Paypal, or Credit Card. See Donate to Noisebridge for more information.
- Spacebridge: Let's send something to (near) space!Noisebridge, San Francisco, CA
Space is awesome but why should NASA Ames get all the fun? San Francisco deserves another space program. To this end Noisebridge is stepping up to challenge and reviving the Spacebridge program!!
As a starter project we're planning on sending up a high altitude balloon with some avionics, a camera, and possibly something that let's us claim a "first X in the stratosphere" record.
This will be a cross-disciplinary project-based learning experience involving: electronics, software, radio operation, fabrics, treasure hunting (downed weather balloons are considered salvage), and more!
All are welcome - from fledgling space enthusiasts to seasoned astronauts!
For our first meetup we'll aim to:
- discuss potential projects scope
- go over the steps needed to send something up to (near) space
- set up a ground station to track and read telemetry off weather balloons (which are sent up twice a day from Oakland airport).
- All things software infrastructureNoisebridge, San Francisco, CA
Bring a laptop if you can.
Meeting format:
- Introductions. Background & goals/interests for the meeting.
- Lesson or Demo
- Questions & Discussion
- Readings & Exercises, for future meetings
Find past notes & more information online.
Find us also in #meetup-infra of Noisebridge's Discord server. - Computer Programming Study Group (Python/Javascript/etc)Noisebridge, San Francisco, CA
Join us as we learn and discuss all things computer programming, with a focus on Python and Javascript!
Free classes will include discussion of various topics ranging from beginner to advanced, such as object oriented programming, using APIs, web development, SQL and database access, web scraping, LLMs, and more. This study group is driven by you, the attendees, so bring your own topics and questions.
No experience necessary! No programming or development environment necessary!
All meetups follow the Noisebridge Anti-Harrasment Policy, the Noisebridge Conflict Resolution Guide and the recurse.org Social Rules
In-person only. Location is the hackitorium on the first floor. Laptops encouraged but not required.
If this is your first time visiting Noisebridge, please arrive 15 minutes early to be let in and get a tour.
Discuss this event in #python on the Noisebridge Discord. Organizer is tmoney. See the Noisebridge Wiki for class schedule and more information.
- Woodworking Wednesdays - wWwNoisebridge, San Francisco, CA$20.00
Note: This is not for safety training! The assumption is that you're already familiar with safe practice while working with power tools. A brief review of safety practice as related to a specific tool will be provided for those whose project calls for use of the tool and who may need a refresher before using it. However, if you are unfamiliar with how to use power tools or for a complete novice to woodworking, we ask you take the time to learn basics from another person either at Noisebridge or elsewhere.
This class is best suited for those individuals who had a prior woodworking experience and have project in mind but don't know where to get started? This is a good time to come ask questions, get some help, and ideas from the instructor or your peers. Everyone is welcome, from those who have never stepped into a shop before, to seasoned pros. Come share your knowledge, and learn from others!
wWw are designated a meetup, and thus there won't be a guided project that everyone works on in parallel. A possibility of such a project in the future will be discussed with regular participants and the note about it will be posted within a week before we begin to work on it. It's best to come with specific questions, and have some scetches of your projects. If your prospective project is rather small and/or if you can't afford or don't have any materials for it, you can look through our scrap bin, before the meetup time. You might find just what you need to get started!
Things to bring (can be provided at the shop as well):
- PPE including ear plugs, gloves, eye protection, and a dust mask.
- An in-progress project, or an idea for a project in a form of sketches.
Noisebridge has a wide variety of shop tools, including but not limited to:
- Table Saw
- Miter Saw
- Belt Sander
- Wood Lathe
- Variety of hand tools
- Drill Press
- Planer
- Joiner
- Router Table
Should you decide to attend wWw, we will ask you for a donation to Noisebridge in the amount of $15-$20 to keep our not-for-profit community space up-and-running! See the donations page for details. (Venmo: @noisebridge)