[crw-talk] August Demo preparation

[James Bloomer]

Yes there are other versions out there...have been looking

On Tue, Jul 18, 2023, 08:31 Pam Day <aamethesta at aol.com> wrote:

> Is there one we can purchase that would work?
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> On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 7:59 AM, Kristine Clough
> <mogoldfish at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The av cart doesn't exist anymore.
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> Kris
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> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 9:44 PM, Aaron Gesicki
> <aaronagesicki at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll help. But not on a Tuesday.
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> Aaron Gesicki
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: griff <griff at mwt.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2023 3:18 PM
> To: James Bloomer <marine9096 at gmail.com>; wisawdust at charter.net; Kristine
> Clough <mogoldfish at yahoo.com>; Bob Raasch <bobraasch2 at gmail.com>; Jack
> Fitzpatrick <xfitz at charter.net>; Jay Johnson <
> jayejohnson099 at centurytel.net>; Aaron Gesicki <aaronagesicki at gmail.com>;
> Pam Day <aamethesta at aol.com>; jdcrowe1956 at yahoo.com
> Subject: August Demo preparation
>
> Hello Folks,
>
> Most of you are aware that we had a breakdown of the AV cart while setting
> up for the July meeting.  It was an inopportune event that occurred in a
> good place, we were just pushing it out of the storage area when the wheels
> came off.  Fortunately it didn't go down halfway in or out of the elevator
> or in the rough patch of floor in the hallway on the way to the Commons,
> that would have been much harder to deal with.
>
> Should we schedule a work party some day before the demo to fix or replace
> it?  My suggestion, replace the existing castors with ones with larger
> diameter wheels and bolted on with bolts with washers that extend through
> the bottom of the cart so they can be securely fastened and not work loose
> in the chipboard of the cart.  I think we should also set up the tripods to
> accept the cameras so we can purchase or jury rig the pieces needed to
> place the cameras in ideal places over the lathe.  It would not hurt to
> perform a test of the AV setup before the guest demonstrator as well.  We
> can simply connect and test everything in the storage area.  To avoid
> embarrassment and a hard-to-view demo where we mainly watch the back side
> of the lathe.  We might ask someone to survey the equipment beforehand to
> get an idea of what is needed.
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> I will be willing to show up, tools in hand (if needed) like we did before
> the July meeting to set up the TV stands.  And thanks Jay for showing
> organizing the coffee set up that day as well.
>
> (Only one caveat on me helping with a work party, we will be out of town
> at the end of July so I would not be able to help then.) Oh, and the wheels
> that came with the TV stands seem to be able to allow the stands to move
> well.
>
> By the way, I contacted our demonstrator and said I expected he would use
> the Powermtic lathe and let him know which door to come to, since I had
> previously told him to come to the shop entrance.
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> I'm willing if others are, John
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