The Richmond Public library is starting a meet up for 3D printer enthusiasts and makers:

3D Maker Meetups | all ages
Listen to guest speakers, meet other 3D makers and share your knowledge. Brighouse | Last Thursday of each month, 7-8pm.

Sept. 24, Oct. 29, Nov. 26

If you’re interested register here: http://www.yourlibrary.ca/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D116186964

Look forward to meeting and seeing some of you there!

(Full disclosure- I’m the first speaker.)

Cheers,

Julian

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Great initiative! If you want to list your event in the 3D Hubs events page, you should definitely get in touch with @toymaker2!

What do you plan to talk about?

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Hi I cant make it tonight but i would be interested in coming to future events.

I wish it was my event- I was just the speaker :wink:

I’ve encouraged the organizers (awesome local library staff) to get in touch with @toymaker2. They’re also interested in having some 3D hubs promotional material on hand- who would they contact for that?

The talk was targeted at a mixed audience of beginners to intermediate users. Those who attended included some printer owners, some who had used the Library’s 3D printers, and some who recently discovered 3D printers.

The rough content was:

* introductions

* ice breaker game (3D Printing Bingo!)

* model tweaking prep tools (123D Make, MeshMixer, NetFabb free)

* design tools: CSG vs mesh, apps: 123D design, Sketchup, FreeCad, Blender

* key to successfully owning/running a printer (calibration!)

* upgrades you might want to plan for your new printer: better slicers (Cura, Slic3r, matter control, simplify3d), enclosing your printer, dedicated embedded computer (e.g. octopress and astroprint), extra limit switches, all-metal hotends, auto-bed levelling

* safety

* quick outline of the education/maker space I’d like to open in my community

They have speakers tentatively scheduled until December. Attendance was good (20+), especially as it was the first session, and some of the promotion got lost in all the other things going on at the library right now.

If attendance is good through to December then there’s a good chance it will continue in the New Year.

Thanks for asking :slight_smile:

They’ll be running this on the last Thursday of every month until the end of the year- hope to see you there next time!

Sounds interesting, I’m sure it will be a good one! Thanks for getting back to me and good luck with your presentation! :slight_smile: