tl;dr: Next Meetup 7/2 @ New City Brewery, 3d Printing event rundown, upcoming events, repair tip
Hi All!
Happy Summer! Our next meetup is on 7/2 at New City Brewery from 6-9 pm. These early summer evenings are great for sitting out on the patio and chatting about projects we’re working on, future plans for MakeFixHack, and even the occasional lite tinkering, so come on out and join us! The following week (7/9) we’re back at River Valley Co-op for a Talk & Tinker Tuesday, so pick out a project to bring along, something to fix, or just come to see what other’s are working on.
Thanks to everyone who helped out at and came out for our first 3d printing/design 101 event this past Saturday. As with doing anything for the first time, things worked out a little differently than we expected, but everyone had fun and learned something new, and we’re already thinking of ways to make the next one even better.
Plans are also in the works for a reoccurring "Mending Monday", a soldering workshop, and the return of crowd favorites like locksport and homemade musical instruments, so keep an eye out for updates on our meetup group, the calendar on our website, and, of course, this newsletter.
Just a quick highlight of a repair I did recently which I didn’t initially think was possible till I found this write-up: https://www.instructables.com/Falling-Sand-Art-Picture-Repair/. Sadly, I don’t have any photos of my repair process (too many things to hold onto at once), but it really was as simple as described. Goes to show that it’s always worth it to do a little research before you write something off as irreparable.
Be safe and keep making things!
- Bill C.
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MakeFixHack is a growing community of makers, tinkerers, hackers, crafters, and other like-minded people, sharing knowledge and working to create a community workshop/hackerspace here in Easthampton. MakeFixHack is an open and welcoming community and strives to be a safe space for all.