[Noisebridge-discuss] OT: Solder party on Saturday at the BoxShop

[David Rorex]

You'd think they'd at least offer sandwiches or something in exchange for
people doing tons of menial work for free for them.

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Jonathan Foote <jtfoote at ieee.org> wrote:

> Howdy campers!
>
> Want to practice your new soldering skills? Solder party this Saturday!
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Aurora Soldering Party Saturday August 3 from noon - till we are
> done!
> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 09:44:09 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Osc <vco123 at yahoo.com>
>
> Please join us at the BoxShop for a fine afternoon of LED strips,
> soldering, metal dust and beer. We are going to be stripping LED
> weatherproof stripping and soldering over 1700 ft of LED strip
> lighting and 220 connectors to make the Aurora's LED branches come to
> life.
>
> Aurora is a 30" weeping willow LED funded art piece for Burning Man.
> See http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aurora/aurora-the-willow
>
> What we are looking for are people that can help cut & prep LED strips
> and expert solderers who can help us take this humungous soldering job
> and turn it into an afternoon of fun soldering. We will provide all
> the tools, but if you have your own iron and third hand holder, feel
> free to bring it along.
>
> Once the LED strips are prepped, connectors soldered and heat-shrinked
> on, the components will be 25' in the air. We are using weatherproof
> LED strips, Molex connectors and heat shrink: we have LED testers and
> great supervisors to help guide you.
>
> Thank you for listening, and consider coming and meeting the aurora crew.
>
> If you are coming, please RSVP to mizpoon at gmail.com.
>
> Feel free to send this email on to other people.
>
>
> Address: The Box Shop, 951 Hudson Ave, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone:
> 415-642-SHOP(7467) Let it ring, people might not hear it ring. Cell phone
> service at the Shop is very spotty.
> Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/2jarn7
> Mailing Address: 10 Hunters Point Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94124
> Directions by car
>   1.    From 101 north or south: take the Cesar Chavez exit and follow
> signs to Cesar Chavez Street East.
>   2.    Go 1/4 mile on Cesar Chavez east to the Evans Ave traffic light.
>   3.    Turn right/south onto Evans Ave at the traffic light. Check your
> odometer, you are now 1.6 miles from the Box Shop.
>   4.    On Evans Ave, you'll pass a power plant, then the road curves to
> the right, then you'll pass the India Basin Shoreline Park.
>   5.    Immediately after India Basin Shoreline Park and before a fork in
> the road, turn left onto Hudson Ave, a dirt road. You'll see a large
> hand-painted sign high up on a shipping container poking above the fence
> that reads "The Box Shop".
>   6.    On Hudson Ave, the Box Shop is the first yard on the right.
>   7.    Consider diagonal parking on Hudson Ave or back out and park in
> front of the church across the street.
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