Join us on Friday, Jan 27th to learn about electric guitar pickups, amplifiers, etc. Shop member Luc will be showing off his one-string electric guitar and going over the parts and principles behind it. Luc was first runner up in the Dec 2012 Cool-off, and we’re glad he can give us a more in-depth explanation [...]
Join us Friday January 20th to learn how to use these analog mechanical calculators. While mostly supplanted by digital electronics, many speciality slide rules are still in use today. We’ll have several different kinds on hand to show the wide-variety, and also to provide hands-on experience using them. Thanks to the generosity of shop member [...]
Join us this Friday (1/13/2012) for an Introduction to Welding with shop member Gabe. Gabe will cover a little of the history of welding, safety, different welding processes: Tig, Mig, Arc, and some key terms to each. He’ll go into details on the welder and welding processes we have in the shop: Mig and fluxcore [...]
The Maker/Hacker movement is exploding all around the globe, including right here in Pittsburgh. What is a Hackerspace? Why should I join? What will I get out of it and how? Join us this Friday (1/6/12) and we’ll answer those questions. We’ll cover some of the projects we did last year; we’ll talk about some [...]