[57north-discuss] [al at plasticfish.co.uk: Re: [hacklab-discuss] Fwd: Call for makers]

[Tom Jones]

On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 01:44:45PM +0000, Robert McWilliam wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016, at 12:39, Tom Jones wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 12:29:43PM +0000, Edward Watson wrote:
> > > On 7 January 2016 at 12:16, Tom Jones <jones at sdf.org> wrote:
> > > > Is anyone interested in going? I would probably join a group of others
> > > > heading down and it is the sort of event that gives us press without
> > > > tons of time investment.
> > > 
> > > Would be interested in a group day trip aye.
> 
> Yeah, I'd like to head down too.
> 
> > What do we take? 
> > 
> > 	* tv wall (needs work, but it might just need soldering)
> 
> Definitely needs soldering. Something like 10 joins per screen so not a
> huge job (as long as I start earlier than 3am on the day). Could also do
> with some work to get the external memory working so that it can display
> more than the 4 "pixels" per screen I had it doing last time I wired it
> up. Plus some software work to actually send it pictures... I'm sure
> three months is plenty of time to sort that out though :)
> 
> Unless anyone else really wants to build a frame again I think we'd be
> better off just putting screens on the floor/tables (maybe take a box or
> two to get a second height on the table). Though I think most of the
> screens have still got the wood attached to the back which was the
> finicky bit.

Spec up the soldering properly and demand help each Tuesday. Will
definitely be done in 3 months.

The frame wasn't that hard to put together it just took some time. I
guess you think we have lost most of the parts we made for it before?

- [tj]