John Pagya of Verdant Design is back on May 27th, teaching another Sketchup Workshop!  John’ll be reviewing the basics, and going into more detail about how you can actually design parts for the 3D printer!  If you’re interested in 3D design, art, or printing, you should stop by on Tuesday, May 27th! Sketchup is a completely free tool, and John is a downright Sketchup professional.  This tool allows you to create 3D models, which you can then take and print on one of the two LVL1 3D printers.

Like many of us, John Pagyga was immediately taken by the idea of 3D printing.  As a landscape architect, he has already adapted sketchup into his daily routine, so he was able to translate those skills into near-immediate 3D printing prowess.  He’d like to share these skills with others in the LVL1 community.  On May 27th, from 6 to 8pm (immediately preceding one of our regular Tuesday meetings), he’ll be teaching a workshop about the ins and outs of Sketchup in a 3D printing context.  Come on down, and learn you a 3D design tool!

You can sign up now using Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lvl1-sketchup-workshop-527-tickets-11565762507

Seating is limited to 15, so sign up now and sign up often!  This is a pay-what-you-want workshop, with all proceeds going to LVL1.  Eventbrite imposes a $0.99 minimum, but anything above that goes!

If you’ve got any questions, email workshops@lvl1.org, or pop over to our mailing list!

LVL1 is participating in GiveLocalLouisville, an event supporting donations to local non-profits with matching funds!  Help us move into our new location at The Pointe by donating $25 (or more)!  LVL1 is a 501(c)3 non-profit, and all donations are tax-deductible.  Your donation will be enhanced with magical local matching funds, and TODAY ONLY, all donations will be match 1:1 by an anonymous donor!

Over the 3 years we’ve been around, thousands have walked through our doors and created amazing things. Help keep that going by supporting your local hackerspace!

You can donate by following this link: https://www.givelocallouisville.org/#npo/lvl1

Here’s a form you can fill out directly, as well:

A project that was built at LVL1 is part of a contest that H-A-D is hosting and it needs your votes.

The project submitted is Alien Operation aka Alien Autopsy. It is a life size version of Operation with a scifi twist. Here is a link to the voting page: http://hackaday.io/project/919-Alien-Operation-(aka-Alien-Autopsy).  In order to vote you will need to create a HackADay account.

So click the link and give us your vote, so that we can continue to show all the awesome things that come from LVL1.