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Keeping a #MakerSpace stocked is never-ending work!

A laminated sheet of paper is labelled "SUPPLIES NEEDED".

Written on it in dry-erase marker:

• Unobtanium 42kg (with a check mark)
• Welding gas
• Restock medical supplies
• This HYH poster to be put back ssomething else here instead

Jay McGavren @jaymcgavren.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Saturday June 6th (in 2.5 weeks) at 12pm is a very special LEGO Day. Come build a level to add to our tower! We'll be displaying the finished tower in the front windows! We expect this to be extra-popular so we're doing signups for this one (donation optional): guestlist.co/events/818194

Two towers, one about 3 feet tall and one 4 feet tall, made out of LEGO, stand in the front window of a makerspace. They're connected by a bridge, with minifigs standing on it. Various smaller LEGO creations surround the towers.

Siser EasyWeed heat transfer vinyl, cut on the @heatsynclabs Silhouette Cameo 3 #VinylCutter and adhered using their heat press (305° F, 15 seconds). It was in truth NOT that hard to weed! 🤣

New Member Orientation is coming up this Thursday at 5pm! We’ll show you where all our tools and equipment are, and cover essentials like safety, parking, storage, and the code of conduct. Bring your questions. New and prospective members alike welcome! www.heatsynclabs.org/calendar/

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HeatSync Labs - Arizona's Community Hackerspace

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TONIGHT at 7pm, our 3d printer meetup is hosting a beginners' 3d printing class! We will guide everyone through a quick, start-to-finish project. We’ll have a project idea ready for you to design yourself in TinkerCAD, which you then get to print! Come check it out!

Come in today, May the 4th, for Star Wars Day!!!!!!

Today is Star Wars Day at HeatSync, 4-10 PM. Movie, Pizzas, Shenanigans, Light Sabers, Galactic Conflict! Come check out the space (no pun intended)!

HeatSync Labs @heatsynclabs.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Love for our #Makerspace on TikTok! www.tiktok.com/@briannalawn...

I went to this hidden creative lab called Heatsync Labs! #itsbriannalawnya #hiddengems #creative #lab #arizona

TikTok video by briannalawnya

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Sarah working on her #Arduino 4x4x4 cube game!

A woman holds an Arduino microcontroller. A group of rainbow-colored wires stretches to a breadboard below a piece of wood with laser-cut holes. Rising up from this support is a 3D grid of wires with LEDs soldered into it. Some of the LEDs shine red and blue.

HeatSync Labs @heatsynclabs.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Made on the #Silhouette Cameo 3 at our #VinylCutter station! You can see Jay's scrap pile, er, collection in our front window. #makerspace #cricut

Jay McGavren@jaymcgavren.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I tripled my cardstock icosahedron collection yesterday, testing out various parameters. The tabs were too hard to assemble, so I made the slots 0.5 mm wider. That made them start just falling out as the icosahedron neared completion. I finally settled on a mere 0.25 mm increase. #Cricut #Silhouette

A man with a grey beard and a t-shirt saying "all your base are belong to us" holds up a finished cardstock icosahedron and an un-folded icosahedron net, cut on a vinyl cutter. The unfolded net shows both tabs with hooks and slots for those tabs to fit into. A sign saying "hack" in large letters is visible above the man's head.

HeatSync Labs @heatsynclabs.bsky.social · 5mo ago

During Open Hours from 7-10pm on Tue April 21, we're hosting Hack Night. Pitch your project, form a team, and get to hacking! See this and many other events at www.heatsynclabs.org/calendar/

HeatSync Labs @heatsynclabs.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Rhombic Dodecahedrons (yeah, we didn't know that was a thing either) made with bamboo and steel struts, held together with 3d-printed vertices. The same vertices can hold struts of various lengths.

A bench in a makerspace wood shop, holding two similar geometric figures, one inside the other. The one with bamboo struts is much smaller, the one with steel struts about 10 times its size.

We have a lot of fun on our Slack. Visit www.heatsynclabs.org for the link to join! #Makerspace

Screenshot of a Slack conversation. Someone posts a diagram of 3 "impossible objects" with the labels:
"TRICHOTOMETRIC INDICATOR SUPPORT
0.0833 FT
AMBIHELICAL HEXNUT
(3.1416 REQUIRED)
10.16 CM
RECTABULAR EXRUSION
BRACKET"
And they say "Anyone able to help me machine this?"

Someone else replies "We do those all the time. Let me check the store room."
And posts an image of one of MC Escher's "impossible" buildings.

Our soldering stations at #CactusCon were a big hit! Thanks to our many volunteers who helped set them up. If you still have soldering to do, visit our in-lab soldering stations during Open Hours! See our schedule at: www.heatsynclabs.org/calendar/ @cactuscon.com

Several people sit around folding tables using soldering irons at a hands-on electronics workshop. The tables are covered with soldering stations, wires, tools, safety glasses, and small circuit boards in progress. A projected “soldering quick tips” slide is visible on the wall in the background, and more participants work at additional tables behind them.

🔥 Teens, join Hack Club’s Campfire Game Jam at Heatsync Feb 28 - Mar 1! Build a game in 24 hours! Coders, artists, and beginners all welcome. Learn, collaborate, ship something fun! Info: campfire.hackclub.com/phoenix Sign up: forms.hackclub.com/campfire-sig... #MakerSpace #GameJam #IndieDev

Beginner friendly game jam for students age 13-18. 200 cities worldwide from February 28 - March 1, 2026

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This Saturday 2pm-5pm is our Flower Press Workshop! Create botanical keepsakes with flower pressing techniques. Learn to preserve nature's beauty! Registration here: guestlist.co/events/812496 Check our calendar at heatsynclabs.org for this and many other events! #MakerSpace #Crafting #Flowers

Flower Press Workshop
Boost your crafting skills!
Saturday 2pm-5pm
https://heatsynclabs.org

Hugely successful Robot Riot West event this afternoon! We filled the lab with people and everyone had a great time! (Favorite memory: kids gleefully piloting participant robots after the event!) Big thanks to organizer Kyle Granat for letting us host it! robotriotwest.com #Robots #Makerspace

A man wearing goggles and a lab coat with a gaudy gold "RRW" pin poses next to several radio-controlled robots of wildly different designs.

SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY! (At 4PM) HeatSync Labs in downtown Mesa hosts Robot Riot West! SEE robots battle TO THE FINISH!!! Get free tickets or info about competing at robotriotwest.com Hope to see you there!

Robot Riot
Battling Robots!
Sunday
4pm
https://heatsynclabs.org

This Saturday at 1:30pm, HeatSync Labs hosts the Millet House Art Hive meet-up! Bring a project and supplies and/or use items in our craft cabinet. Connect with other creatives and share your skills. All are welcome. Invite your friends! One of many events on our calendar! www.heatsynclabs.org

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Wednesday at 7pm, #lockpicking returns to HeatSync Labs with the Lock Picking Clinic! Bring picks if you have them (our host suggests you mark them). Focus will be on tumbler locks. The lab has some locks and lock picks you can use so no experience or picks required. #MakerSpace

Tonight during Open Hours (7-10pm), it's Sewing Night! Come and hone your needle and thread skills and learn the ways of the cloth. Beginners welcome, experts appreciated! Check our calendar at www.heatsynclabs.org for this and many other events! #MakerSpace #Sewing