[KwartzLab] How many blades??

[doug moen]

We are doing the event in the atrium of The Museum.  For our own
sanity, I think we should limit the event to 10 simultaneous carvers.
We need to establish a fixed upper limit so that we can plan for the
number of tables we need, the number of volunteers we need, and so
that we can maintain the correct ratio of carving instructors to
students.  If other people accept my proposed magic number of "10",
then I think that 20 blades will be fine (for an average of 5 pumpkins
per blade--hopefully this is conservative).  This multiplier of x2 is
also open to debate. How many pumpkins can you carve with a blade
before it probably needs replacing?  What are the failure modes?

Expert opinion is solicited.  What do you think, Jeff, based on your
prior experience of running such an event?

Doug.

On 6 October 2011 10:47, Jeff Schmidt <digitalfalcon at rogers.com> wrote:
> Great!  OK, so - how many blades?  If I get them online it'll be a week, if
> I get them locally it'll be a day, but probably more expensive.  Please let
> me know ASAP.
> - Jeff
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ben Brown <ben at generik.ca>
> To: discuss at kwartzlab.ca
> Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 5:25:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [KwartzLab] How many blades??
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> As long as I stay away from the holy water I should technically be OK..
> though it's been a while since I've tested that theory :)
>
> At any rate, looks like we're a go for THEMUSEUM on October 29th. We've
> worked out a way to have the event without requiring general admission.
>
> Ben
>
> On 10/5/2011 1:59 PM, Karl Williams wrote:
>> Ben might spontaneously combust in a church LOL.
>>
>>> Shall I ask if my church is able to host the event?� They have a large
>>> gym, lots of tables and chairs, and a kitchen.
>>>
>>> - Jeff
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Ben Brown <ben at generik.ca>
>>>> To: discuss at kwartzlab.ca
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 1:28:24 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [KwartzLab] How many blades??
>>>>
>>>> Charging admission is a deal breaker for me, so I'm waiting to see if we
>>>> can swing things over there without doing so. Otherwise, we're still
>>>> looking for a venue. The U of W has been waiting for two weeks on some
>>>> sort of committee meeting in order to decide to have us or not, they
>>>> haven't been terribly communicative other than that.
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>> On 10/5/2011 1:13 PM, Christopher Vollick wrote:
>>>>>> They can put us in the atrium, but a sticking point is
>>>>>> that they'd charge $11.50 general admission to each adult and child
>>>>>> before allowing them into the atrium.
>>>>> Doesn't that immediately mean we can't (read "shouldn't if we want a
>>>>> bag of cash again in the future") use their venue because it has to be
>>>>> a free event for the public?
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