We're having our monthly open house this Saturday! Come one, come all. 1-6pm.We'll be working on projects, planning new The Hacktory events and generally hanging out. More details on the calendar page

We had a good arc of projects this weekend, with people coming and going with different skills and interests coming and going, giving the Open Hack several distinct phases, from fabbing to electronics to the future of The Hacktory.

Early on, Tim Mayer of Kraftmark came by with a syringe loading system he's been working on to make getting epoxy and other 2-part materials into the Fab@Home syringes with less mess and more consistency. His write up with videos is on his blog. Having good solutions for dealing with the added complexity of epoxies is a big win for the Fab@Home--ease of loading the syringes is one of the reasons we've been using Silicone as our fabbing material.

Later, the focus shifted to electronics when Jim brought by some of his works in progress for his electronic music work. We then had some new visitors who were looking to add some simple movement to some art projects they've been working on. The Open Hack is the right place for that-- for whatever the project, there always seems to be someone around with the skills and the interest to help out. 

Along the way Bernie came by on his way to the 8-static show, and Georgia dropped by to discuss The Hacktory and our upcoming planning brainstorm; you'll see announcements of it soon: we're inviting everyone involved with The Hacktory (and everyone who wants to be involved) to a set of planning sessions for new classes, new events and setting up a roadmap for the future of The Hacktory. More on that later.

Not bad for a Saturday.

It looks like it's going to be another rainy weekend in Philadelphia. Overcast, dreary days make an excellent backdrop for all kinds of creative endeavors-- if you're not going to be outside, you might as well be inside with us. This Saturday is our monthly Open Hack, where we all get together to swap stories, ideas, and just generally hang out. Occasionally some work gets done between gawking at people's projects, but you can't fault us for that.

 This Saturday at The Hacktory 1-6. Details here.

After cleaning up the tornado that swept through The Hacktory space, we got down to some serious work.

The Hacktory continues to get visitors from near and far to check out our Fab@Home machine. We're constantly improving our printing technique, so it was a great surprise to have Tim Mayer of Kraftmark come by to talk materials and improvements. Tim's write up is here. Kraftmark has donated some of their custom materials to The Hacktory to work with, and Tim's got some ideas we're going to try out in the future. It was a great opportunity to get a bunch of people together focused on getting the best prints out of our machine. 

The next Open Hack is Saturday May 9th

After a short respite, we're having our usual Open Hack this Saturday. I hope to see you all there. More details on the calendar page.

Due to unexpected events, the Open Hack this weekend will be canceled. Sorry to those who won't catch this in time. I've removed the event from our calendar.

Save away your current thoughts and project ideas for the next one, we'll expect to see some impressive stuff after the break.