Hacksburg Electronics Bench in the Creativity and Innovation Studio

Due to new health agency recommendations related to COVID-19, in-person events at Hacksburg have resumed! All events will be in-person + online ("hybrid") from now on.

Hacksburg is a community workshop located in Blacksburg, VA at 1872 Pratt Drive, in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center.

Want to join Hacksburg? Start by reading this page!

Contents

Donations

We're a registered 501c3 non-profit and love donations! Read more here.

Events

Recurring Events

Weekly meeting every Tuesday 7:30 PM. Feel free to come by for a tour! This meeting is open-to-the-public and followed by an open-to-the-public work session starting at the end of the meeting to whenever the last member leaves. Also feel free to attend to learn more about Hacksburg and take a virtual tour! The meeting link is https://meet.hacksburg.org/OpenGroupMeeting for attending virtually.

Upcoming Events

Make sure to RSVP for events before attending at rsvp@hacksburg.org. All classes 1:00PM-4:00PM unless otherwise noted.

• October 2: Canning and Preserving
• October 9: Natural Pigments and Fabric Dying
• October 16 and 23: Hacksburg Cider Pressing!
• October 30: Hard Cider Making, Ages 21+
• November 6: Welding 101 (Stick and TIG)
• November 8: TIG welding after Tuesday meeting
• November 13: Wood Lathe Candlesticks
• November 20: Laser Cutter 101
• December 4: Holiday Ornaments

Classes are $5 for non-members and free for members unless otherwise noted.

Check out and RSVP to these events on MeetUp (https://www.meetup.com/HacksburgVA/) as well!

Regional Events

• September 10, 10am: Roanoke Robotics 3D Printer Jam (Open House)
• September 23, 11am-3pm: Portsmouth Maker Fest
• September 28, 5:30pm: Science on Tap - All about the James Webb Telescope
• September 30-October 1: VTSFFC Inivisifest
• October 1, 9am: Sustainable Blacksburg Bike Parade
• November 5, 10am: Hill City Robot Combat V
• November 5, 10am-2pm: Repair Cafe at the NRV ReStore
• December 3, 8:30am: VWCC Autonomous Robot Competition

Other Events

• Future Events
• Events Archive
• Events Ideas

Tools

• Electronics Bench
• Wood Shop
• Metal Shop
• 3D Printing
• Laser Cutter
• Sewing corner
• Computers, Displays, and internet connectivity
• Inventory
• Tool Wishlist -- **Please use this set of pages to offer donations or to request tools.**
• Hacksburg Cloud

Projects

• DIY CNC Mill
• New 3D printer
• Vacuum former

Archived Projects

• Ideas for Let's Code Blacksburg Classes
• Ideas for Radford Creativity Class
• The Search for (and finding of) a 3D Printer
• 2015 Summer Booth Project

Administration

Policies

• Admissions
• Community Agreement
• Space Rules
• Safety Policies
• Event Policies
• Bylaws
  • 2015 Proposed Bylaws Changes
  • Bylaws (v1)

Forms

• Membership Application
• Equipment Donation Form
• Equipment Loan Form
• Event Request Form
• Paper PDF Forms

Administrivia

• Meeting Agendas and Minutes
• Infrastructure Documentation
• Responsibilities
• Adafruit Group Buy **(CLOSED)**
• Advertising

History

• Founding - 2014
• Move to 1872 Garvin - 2019