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Co-founder and President at CT Hackerspace. Technology Enthusiast, Hackerspace Evangelist.

CT Hackerspace hosts MAKE YOUR OWN 3D PRINTER with Instructor Paul Langdon 11/10

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Bill

Register Today for our MAKE YOUR OWN 3D Printer Workshop!

Class is on November 10th, 2018. Registration cutoff is October 27th.

Paul Langdon, active maker/inventor and instructor who is involved with MakeHartford as well as being a Hackster.IO ambassador, will be offering his class at CT Hackerspace. During this workshop, students will use a kit to assemble their own Prusa i3 style printer, which they will then get to keep and take home. They will also learn how to connect the printer to their computer, set it up and actually make things. There are no prerequisites for this class other than having a computer and being able to operate it. Cost of this class is $200, and this INCLUDES the cost of the Prusa i3 3D printer kit. A registrant is welcome to bring a friend, team, or family to help participate. (A separate $5 per person cost will be taken day of class to get Pizza/Drinks for lunch break)

Paul has created a reference page for all his resources at https://github.com/plangdon/3D-Printer-2018/blob/master/README.md.

You will not be fully registered for this workshop until payment is complete. $200 INCLUDES the cost of the Prusa i3 3D printer kit.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COSTS OR EXPENSES?
A separate $5 per person cost will be taken day of class to get Pizza/Drinks for lunch break

WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS?
This class has set a maximum capacity of 10 printer builds. A build can include an individual, team build, or family. Registration will be closed in advance to allow for ordering the kits.

Our Meetup Link is : https://www.meetup.com/CT-Hackerspace/events/255085507/

Wednesday Night Spotlight 10/3 – Maslow Open Source CNC Unboxing

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Bill

Wednesday Night Spotlight 10/3

Maslow Open Source CNC Unboxing

During October 3rd’s Open Space, Join us as we will celebrate the start of CT Hackerspace’s next Group Project, the Maslow CNC. Maslow is a community driven open source project with the goal of making large format CNC technology available to everyone. We believe in a world where people everywhere can collaborate, share, and build amazing things together. We will Open up our starter package, and make plans to start this new tool build.

Maslow is a large (4’x8′) CNC cutting machine designed to let you cut big, useful things out of wood and other flat materials. Cut out a tiny house, a kayak, a tree house, some furniture, or anything else you can imagine. Maslow is designed to be affordable to buy, cheap to ship, easy to use, and powerful. Because designs can be shared digitally, you can build on the work of others or create your own from scratch.

Wednesday Night Spotlight 9/26, 7:30pm: Build Your Own 3D Printer advanced Preview / Discussion

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Bill

Meet Paul Langdon, active maker/inventor and instructor who is involved with MakeHartford as well as being a Hackster.IO ambassador. Paul will be showcasing his example 3D Printer as we discuss and plan his upcoming workshop.

Learn all about “BUILD YOUR OWN 3D PRINTER WORKSHOP. This is your chance to see the machine you will build and ask questions directly with Paul prior to the class being scheduled. Event happens During CTH Open Space Night 9/26, beginning around 7:30pm.” to be hosted at CT Hackerspace.

Wednesday Night Spotlight 9/12, 7pm: Bridgeport Rebuild and Upgrade

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Bill

On the heels of our fundraising event, we have new parts and a refurbished Bridgeport head to install to upgrade our current metal shop machinery. We invite all those interested in learning more about the Bridgeport intimately to be involved in seeing and participating in the rebuild. Event happens During CTH Open Space Night 9/12, beginning around 7pm.

By Popular Demand, CT Hackerspace Now has a Facebook Group Page!

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Bill

New! We now Have our Facebook “Group” Page

Besides the Facebook Page, Members have also requested a CT Hackerspace Group Page for more information, discussion, and communication. Sign up today and feel free to contribute.

(Don’t forget free member accounts for CTHackerspace.com are also available on request.

The CT Hackerspace Bridgeport Rebuild Fundraiser has been FULLY FUNDED!

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Bill

We are proud to announce CT Hackerspace has reached their goal of $500 to purchase a newer Bridgeport head to replace our existing one. This new head would help our machine to be fully operational with more turning speeds, and run on better bearings. Helped by “Team Wade and Matt”, who sponsored the 1 to 1 matching program to make donation dollars work twice as hard.

The CT Hackerspace Tool Upgrades Continues : Our 4′ x 8′ CNC Machine

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Bill

The CT Hackerspace Tool Upgrades Continues!

Thanks to Jason Wells and Matthew Hubbard for volunteering their time and skills to spruce up our 4′ x 8′ CNC Machine. We now have a new tabletop installed and the Linux CNC Boxes will be upgraded soon.

CT Hackerspace’s Public 3D Printer Station Upgrade Underway!

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Bill

After recently adding another 3D Printer to the CT Hackerspace’s 3D Printer Station, we decided that a further upgrade of the Printer Area could be a nice complement. Our new, cleaner, less cluttered area is ready for use by members and public alike. Equipment is available free of charge; Just cover materials cost. Join in to help us continue the planned refurbishment of the entire area. This includes a rebuild of our 360 Scanner, finishing upgrades to our hand built Deltabot, along with some new TLC for our original printer built in 2010.

CT Hackerspace General Member Meeting and Elections May 12th, 1pm

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Bill

Save the date to attend CT Hackerspace’s General Member Meeting on Saturday May 12th at 1pm.

At the General Meeting we will include some food and beverages for a meet and greet.Following the get together, we will have we will have member voting for Hackerspace positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary. Afterwards we will have the “State of the Space” Address, ending with General Member Feedback.

The “State of the Spate” Address is an occasional message presented by the President CT Hackerspace at a general annual meeting to the members of the space. The event includes a budget message, and an economic report of the space, and also allows the President to outline the hackerspace board agenda moving forward. It is an opportunity to get more involved in the space and meet members you may not normally have an opportunity to collaborate with others involved.

Agenda:

Meet and Greet

Voting

State of the Space

Q & A with Direct Member Input from and to entire group.

Meetup Link [ https://www.meetup.com/CT-Hackerspace/events/249099471/ ]

Free Arduino Electronics Workshop: Sending Data to the Cloud 4/11

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Bill

Thursday, April 12, 2018 7pm-

Let’s do something interesting with our Arduinos! We have learned about inputs and outputs for the Arduino and also how to use sensors. So now let’s put all of these together and make a project that will collect and save this data. In this session, we will use a shield and a library to get our Arduinos to connect to the Internet, attach and program sensors to collect data, then send this data to the cloud! We will use a data collection service to help build a dashboard to display our findings.

An Arduino shield will be provided.

• What to bring
Arduino, Laptop with Arduino IDE working, USB cable

Meetup Link : https://www.meetup.com/CT-Hackerspace/events/248262327/