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Everyone has heard of a 2X4 challenge right? nnIf not, here are the rules:nYou can make whatever you want, it can be artistic or functional, big or small, serious or silly, it's up to you.nYou may use any manufacturing/production techniques you want.nYour material must consist of ONLY wood from a single 2 in. x 4 in. x 96 in. pine/whitewood board (untreated, any grade available at the common hardware/lumber stores with actual size 1.5 in. x 3.5 in. x 96 in.) nails/screws (no cheating and using nails/screws as forging stock or welding them into something, they can only be for joining wood to wood), glue, and finishes (paint, varnishes, etc).nAll work must be your own. Feel free to brainstorm with someone or have someone show you how to do something, but the work that goes into the actual competition must be by your own hands.nnnThe details:nSubmissions are due in Hive13 by Friday, October 12th, 2018 nProjects will be on display in Hive13 from Friday, October 12th, 2018 through Saturday, October 20th, 2018nnWinners will be decided by membership vote during the Friday, October 12th, 2018 through Saturday, October 19th, 2018 time period.nnWinners will be announce during the Open House (Sat, October 20, 2pm – 9pm, specific time TBD)nHave fun, get creative, and good luck!n

nnIn preparation for Halloween or any other event that deserves a mask, we will go over the basics of wetmolding to take a flat piece of leather and turn it into a 3 dimensional leather mask. This is an introduction to a technique of shaping leather to create a hardened shape that is used for not only masks, but cases, holsters, bags, hats, and anything else that should maintain its shape.nnWe will have a few basic templates to base your design from and then form it to perfectly fit your face. Then you can go crazy dying, painting, bedazzling, and adorning your mask to suit how feel.nnNo previous experience with leather is needed as we will go over all the cutting and forming.nnThe $10 fee for the class covers everything to make the mask; leather, ribbon, dye or paint. If you want to be extra creative and add rhinestones or a life size pheasant to yours go ahead, but you'll need to supply the rhinestones and/or life size pheasant.nnSign up at the meetup event belownnhttps://www.meetup.com/Hive13/events/254228695/

The first woodworking warden hours will be this Thursday from 5:00 to 7:00.nnThe warden hours are open to both members and non-members. The warden hours are for whatever purpose you need them to be for. If you need help planning a project, need to know how to safely use a tool, or just want to come in and work while someone is around to chat, feel free to stop in, and I will be around to help you out.nnThis week I've been asked to help out with planning a coffee/game table project. If that sounds like something you would want to build and need a brainstorming session, feel free to join in.nnI'll also be doing some maintenance, replacing the planer knives and the bandsaw blade. If you want to learn how to use and adjust either of those tools, this is a perfect opportunity!nnSee you Thursday.

This Tuesday during our Weekly Meeting, Loveland High School's FTC Robotics team will demonstrate their robot for the Hive.nnFTC is a robotics competition where each team pits their robot against other in a variety of events, such as putting balls and discs through goals, balancing, and hanging off of bars. Each team is given and standard set of parts, but make or buy any additional parts.