Events/Ideas

This page is used for listing event ideas that do not yet have full details worked out. If the event has been fully planned and is just waiting on a date, move to the Future Events page.

General Ideas

• Holiday Ornaments
  • Previously run in 2018
  • Additional ornaments:
    • Felt fruitcake
    • Add simple LED blinkies to ornaments for easy "techy" stuff, just need LED, coin cell, tape
  • Lessons learned
    • Do not use steel for wind chimes, or get much better drill bits
    • Chimes take a long time, even without steel rod
    • Glue dots work well for sticking felt together
• Word Clock
  • Cut out face on laser, could use laser or woodworking tools for box
  • Adressable LED array, 60 LEDs ~$10
  • Can add custom message (birthday, anniversery, graduation) and colors
  • RTC and microcontroller
• Stepper Contest
  • Supply up to 3 stepper motors and drivers per participant
  • Build the coolest/most useful/etc device
  • Winner gets to keep motors and drivers for free, others can pay to keep
• May the Fourth Event
• Stamp Making
  • Laser cut stamps - talk to Daniel Loope
  • Could also make wood lathe handles?

Recurring/Scheduled Events

• January:
  • Maple Syrup Making
• February:
  • Valentines Day Laser
  • VT CRC Chili Cookoff
• March:
  • (Raspberry) Pi Day
  • Lynchburg Maker Faire
  • Seed Starting
  • General Gardening
    • Square foot
    • Trellis Making
    • Rain barrel
• April:
  • Small Engine Maintenance
  • Bike Repair
  • YMCA Healthy Kids Day
• May:
• June:
  • Summer Solstice Fest
• July
• August
  • VT Classes Begin
  • Steppin' Out
  • Canning
  • Bike Repair
• September
  • VT CRC Game Changer Week
• October
  • Cider Making
  • Hard Cider Making
  • Maple Tree Identification Walk
• November
• December
  • Floyd Center for the Arts Winterfest
  • Holiday Event