The Premier Cincinnati Hackerspace

nDo you think the “Maker Movement” is something new? Well, think again. This photo shows Henry Ford contemplating his first 1896 Quadricycle. By the 1920’s Henry had made his 10 millionth Model T, a.k.a. Tin Lizzy, shown behind him, and we now have the world-wide auto industry of today.nnContemplating growing your own maker hobby into something larger like Henry did?nnJoin us this Tuesday, August 11, after the 7:30pm business meeting, when not-quite-so-old ‘Old-Hand’ Clarence Stogner (father of member Will) takes us for a ride down his own memory lane.nnClarence’s story started in the US Navy working on manual-control piston-engine T28 aircraft and A6E jet aircraft with advanced hydraulic systems. Combining his early machining background with a mechanical engineering degree, he has worked on designing and improving valve/actuators and related controls for the past 39 years. He was a principal owner in two businesses that spanned 18 of those years. Presently at A-T Controls here in Cincinnati, he leads a product development team that adapts valve/actuator hydraulic products from Asia for the special demands of oil well field operations.nnMembers, guests, first-time-walk-ins, and all those interested are welcome to come for this interesting talk on Tuesday, August 11, after the 7:30pm business meeting. (Find Us)nnn

nnnHello everyone!nnWe are working with the Contemporary Arts Center for their Makerspace event: Noise hacking.  The event will take place on **Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.**nnJoin us for an evening of sound experiments, create your own crystal radio and learn how you can turn a sticky note into a speaker.nnThis event is open to the community and all ages are welcome with parental observation. All participants will be asked to sign a waiver before using any tools.nnThis event also gives you access to check out the art displayed at the contemporary arts center, so if you haven’t checked out their space, now’s the time to do it!nnCollaborationnnn

nThis Saturday July 18 at 2:00 PM, Hive13 will recieve a visit from Shae Erisson of Makers Local 256 in Huntsville Alabama. Shae is touring U.S. makerspaces, comparing differences and learning about their structure.nnShae will provide an introductory talk covering the Haskell programming language.nnHaskell is a programming language that is different because it is pure, lazy, and has a powerful and friendly type system. The presentation will focus on those differences and additionally discuss libraries, community, and commercial use.nnAfterward, there may be informal discussion of hackerspaces Shae has visited, and of Hive13’s organization (or lack thereof). Please make plans to attend if any of these topics are of interest.nnn

nHave you always wanted to learn how to weld? Kirk Wallace will be hosting an Introduction to Welding class at Hive13 this coming Saturday (July 18th, 2015). Absolutely no experience is necessary to attend this class on MIG welding.nnThis will be a very introductory class with the first half covering the theory of MIG welding, briefly touching on TIG and stick welding. After a short intermission, the second half of the class will be practical hands on learning, where you will get the opportunity MIG welding steel together with individual instruction from Kirk. If there is some extra time and people are feeling adventurous, you may get to quickly try out TIG welding as well.nnThe class will take place from 9:45am until 1pm. There will be a brief intermission between the theory and application from 11:00am-11:15am. Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch to eat while others are practicing welding.nn**Tickets are $40/person and will include all materials and tools to be used in the class. Class size is limited to six people. Purchase the tickets and read the FAQ at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-welding-hive13-tickets-17756000676**nnn

nnnHello Everyone! Sorry for the late post, but Lorin will be having an electronics open housennon Thursday, June 25 from 5:30pm to 8pm.nn nnThis is open to the public and members alike.   You can stop in at any point during the open house or stay for all of the open shop hours.nn nnSo stop on down with a project and Lorin will be happy to help you, or drop by to re-familiarize yourself with our electronics area. He will be there to help people with projects, introduce folks to the space, and answer questions!nn