Cardweaving
Cardweaving, or Tablet Weaving, is an ancient craft by which people wove the narrow bands and straps needed in everyday life.
Detailed information can be found on the Cardweaving Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_weaving
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To help demonstrate the awesomeness that is cardweaving, and knowing that it's hard for people to see tiny threads, several members of Arch Reactor helped to make a Giant Surfboard CardWeaving Loom to weave 325 Paracord.
 Giant Surfboard Loom at KC Maker Faire | 8-inch Oak "Surfboard" loom to weave 325 Paracord. Tablets are laser-cut 1/4" acrylic Shuttle handmade at Arch Reactor Please note first Paracord Band to the immediate Left of the loom Please note the Schacht Inkle loom threaded with 10/2 Perle Cotton on the left of the picture - same pattern as is on the Paracord loom |
Cardweaving must be done under tension. In this case, each of the four-strands of paracord per card is weighted by a 1/2 liter water bottle
A laser-cut acrylic "comb" mounted to the end of the board helps keep the weighting even by spreading the bottles apart so that they don't "stack" together.
Excess warp length is chain-crochetted together so it does not drag |  Cardweaving "threads" require weights. In this case, 1/2 liter bottles of water! |
 Paracord makes for WIDE bands! | The first Paracord Cardwoven band!
22 Cards - 88 Strands of paracord
Over 5.5 inches wide
Estimated to hold upwards of 10,000 pounds (assuming we could find and attach appropriate hardware)
In 10/2 Perle Cotton - band is only 3/4 inch wide! |
 Cardweaving Poster |  Cardweaving Poster |
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Open Build Something!
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Tuesday, January 28th
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Elections
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Arch Reactor 2020 Elections
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Wednesday, January 29th
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Board Meeting
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Saturday, February 1st
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Pi Jam
- Start time: 12:00pm
- End time: 04:00pm
- Where: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 N Warson Rd, Olivette, MO 63132, USA
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AR will have two tables. Feel free volunteer!
"Hands-on science, tinkering, and robotics for the whole family. The annual Raspberry Pi Jam brings together students, educators, makers, scientists and community members of all ages interested in the world of scientific innovation and robotics. The Raspberry Pi microcomputer is a technology used by educators, scientists, and hobbyists to construct low-cost hardware and software engineering tools. Features hands-on science and engineering tinkering at a variety of stations with fun for all ages." - View this event in Google Calendar
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RoboMo Meeting @ SLSC
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- Where: Saint Louis Science Center, 5050 Oakland Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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RoboMo After Meeting Workshop
- Start time: 05:00pm
- End time: 07:00pm
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Sunday, February 2nd
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Super Bowl of Destruction
- Start time: 04:00pm
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- Where: Arch Reactor, 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA
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Super Bowl of Destruction
Everyone is invited to come to the Arch Reactor for the Super Bowl of Destruction. We will have the football game on our big screen for everyone to watch. Not interested in football? Don’t worry, we also throw this party as something for the non-football enthusiasts. As a hackerspace, we use this time to breakdown all of the donations that are no longer usable or fixable. We have hard drives, computers, printers, server equipment, and more! Come join the mayhem and destruction! Bring a Super Bowl snack to share. We had some great food last year.
Destruction starts at 4pm on Sunday, February 2nd at Arch Reactor, 2215 Scott Ave. 63103.
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Open Build Something!
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Come stop by and visit! Open build night to work on projects and hang out!
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Open House
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Come hangout with us and see what Arch Reactor is all about.
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