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

[Matthew Silvey]

There was a running BBQ at the BoxShop last weekend.  Were Aurora folks not
eating?

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 4:06 PM, David Rorex <drorex at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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