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Update: Locksport @ NYPL
Hack Manhattan held a Locksport event last weekend at the Jefferson Market New York Public Library. Schuyler Towne was our speaker and we had 45 awesome people show up to pick locks with us. Schuyler was (and still is) an amazing speaker. He covered ...
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Metalworking demo (UPDATE)
UPDATE – See photos from the event above. After pointers from our generous instructor, we successfully milled aluminium and brass. The burrs on the brass were clean enough that they peeled off. We’re planning to add a belt sander to quickly deal with burrs. Said instructor donated an indicator for levelling our vise. It turned ...
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NYPL Locksport Workshop
On February 11, 2012 from 2:00-5:00 PM EST, Hack Manhattan will be hosting a lock picking event at the Jefferson Market New York Public Library. Schuyler Towne, a lockpicker and mechanical security researcher, will be our instructor. He got his start as a competitive lockpicker 6 years ago, winning half of his head to head ...
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Exponential Growth
This past Tech-Tuesday we managed not only to fill up the space, but we had people piled up practically out the door. We have a bit more space down the hall to expand into, and we’re going to need it. There are preliminary plans to add two flexible workstations to bolster the existing main room. ...
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Invasion of the Repraps
Recently, our inaugural ’3D Thursday’ meeting was held at Hack Manhattan headquarters. Several members kindly brought in their Reprap printers, and we formed an impromptu botfarm.
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OpenBrainLabs and EEG
We’re in the planning stages for OpenBrainLabs, a free public EEG and biosensors workshop that’s in development at Hack Manhattan. We’re evaluating two EEG headset products from our generous sponsor NeuroSky, and we’ve managed to get them to generate some very promising data, even using various flavors of Linux thanks to Puzzlebox Synapse. Signal activity can be seen ...
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Makerbots and RepRaps cometh.
Hack Manhattan is now printing with a Makerbot, and is working on a RepRap. One of our members, Steve, has given Hack Manhattan a long-term loan of his Makerbot CupcakeCNC 3D printer. He brought in the printer at this week’s member meeting and he and Joe, another member, worked on upgrading the firmware and getting ...
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OMG3D!
This ingenious contraption was printed on one of our member’s 3D printers. It turns out that lots of Hack Manhattan members are fanatical about 3D printing — go figure. Well, what is it, you ask? Not only is it an empire state building, based on an accurate scale model, but it’s also an interpretive gavel ...
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Mini mill mania!
Our Harbor Freight mini mill arrived with a broken motor mounting plate. The replacement should be in this week. Eeeeeek! With a vertical mill like this one you can make all sorts of great metal objects like bushings and brackets.
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Mill, meet workbench.
Several members gathered at the space to construct a heavy tool workbench for the new mini mill. We chose a 40″ height, 4×4 legs, a double layer 1.5″ plywood top, and 2×4″ braces and supports around the sides of the legs — typical of what happens when a small circular saw is your most advanced ...