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• Weekly Open Make Night

  • When
    31 Mar 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Tampa Hackerspace (orange door), 4931 W Nassau St, Tampa

  This is our weekly open house. If you haven't been here before we will be giving tours of the facility. Many of our members will be here to discuss projects, making, and socializing.

  No registration is needed, you can just show up.

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• Weekly Open Make Night

  • When
    7 Apr 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Tampa Hackerspace (orange door), 4931 W Nassau St, Tampa

  This is our weekly open house, open to everyone. We will be giving tours of our space throughout the evening. Many members will be present to socialize and share ideas. Feel free to bring projects you are working on.

  No registration needed, you can just show up.

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• Maker Monster Mash Kick-Off Event

  • When
    10 Apr 2026
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    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Tampa Hackerspace (orange door), 4931 W Nassau St., Tampa FL 33607

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  Want to stretch your maker muscles? Want to doodle, design, and develop in a duo? Want to make a mysterious, mischievous mini monster? Join the Maker Monster Mash, a month-long collaborative creature creation challenge. The challenge will start with a kick-off event for all participants to draw a monster. Don’t worry about your drawing skills, we’re just getting funky with some markers and construction paper. After everyone has drawn their monsters, we’ll toss them all in a pile and everyone will pull one randomly. Everyone will then have 1 month to make the monster they received, using whatever creative skills and materials they want. At the end of the challenge, we’ll all come back together to show off our monsters and swap them back.
  
  The kick-off event will be Friday, April 10th from 7-8pm. After that everyone will have until the end event on Friday, May 8th to finish their creation.
  
  Fee: None
  
  FAQs:
  What kind of things can I use to make my monster? - Anything you want. model it and then 3D print it, tuft it, laser engrave it, embroider it, crochet it, carve it, make it out of clay, felt it, weld it, whatever you do.
  How long do I have to make my monster? - One month. The kick off is April 10th and the end on May 8th.
  Who can participate? - Current Tampa Hackerspace members.
  Do I get to keep my creature? - At the end of the challenge everyone will swap creatures with the original artist, so you’ll get the monster that you drew at the beginning, which was crafted by someone else.
  I can’t make the kick off event, can I still participate? - Sure! If you’d like to send in and receive a monster, draw your monster and send me a picture of it on slack before the kick-off and it will be added to the pool. I’ll pull one of the other monsters and send it to you.
  Can I get help from other makers for my monster? - Absolutely! It’s a collaborative challenge after all!
  

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• Sew Awesome!

  • When
    12 Apr 2026
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    5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Tampa Hackerspace (orange door), 4931 W Nassau St., Tampa

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  Sewers, costumers, quilters, cosplayers, clothing designers, and textile artists & crafters of all kinds, come see what Tampa Hackerspace has to offer and meet others who share your interest in making things out of fabric and fiber! This meetup is free of charge and open to all.

  (Yes, this includes you, knitters, crocheters, cross-stitchers, embroiderers, weavers, tie-dyers, and anyone else who works with fabric, thread, yarn, etc.)

  Think of this as an "Open Make" event -- bring your project, or just come to learn & see what others are working on.

  We have sewing machines set up, including a serger, and a large cutting table. If you have a project to work on, you may want to bring a sewing machine if you would like.

  
  

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• Weekly Open Make Night

  • When
    14 Apr 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Tampa Hackerspace (orange door), 4931 W Nassau St, Tampa

  This is our weekly open house, open to everyone. We will be giving tours of our space throughout the evening. Many members will be present to socialize and share ideas. Feel free to bring projects you are working on.

  No registration needed, you can just show up.

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• 3D Printing: Models and Slicers

  • When
    15 Apr 2026
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    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Online
  • Spaces left
    20

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  This class is offered online. It is open to everyone.

  Members should log in for member pricing!

  Please note: this is not the tool signoff for 3D printing at Tampa Hackerspace. 

  This is a hands-on, online class for anyone who is brand new to 3D printing and wants to get up and running with choosing models and getting them ready to print. We recommend that you join this class from a computer you will be using to prepare models for printing, especially if you are a member of Tampa Hackerspace and plan to use the machines at our site. This class does involve installing software on your computer and following along with the instructor; however, there is no final project, and you are free to listen and take notes instead.

  We’ll take a look at a few sources for models that you may want to print, and we’ll look at how to tell what kinds of modifications your model might need to print successfully. We’ll walk through setting up PrusaSlicer, an interface that will convert the digital images of your model into toolpaths for the printer to make your model into a physical object. Finally, we’ll take a model from .STL to GCode to show you the full process of getting a print ready for production. Once we’re done, we can cover some questions and answers you may have about 3D printing and, if applicable, joining Tampa Hackerspace.

  If you do not already have PrusaSlicer installed, you can download it directly from Prusa (for free!) at https://www.prusa3d.com/en/page/prusaslicer_424/ . We won’t spend much time on the install during class, so you can save yourself some time if you download and install before we meet. I will be in the class a bit early in case you have any questions about downloading and installing the software. (Note that PrusaSlicer runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.)

  The member price is for paid members of Tampa Hackerspace. Information on becoming a paid member can be found on our website (http://tampahackerspace.com/membership). You can prepay for the class at our Square Marketplace (https://tampahackerspace.square.site/product/3d-printing-non-members-/4?cs=true).

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• Weekly Open Make Night

  • When
    21 Apr 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Tampa Hackerspace (orange door), 4931 W Nassau St, Tampa

  This is our weekly open house, open to everyone. We will be giving tours of our space throughout the evening. Many members will be present to socialize and share ideas. Feel free to bring projects you are working on.

  No registration needed, you can just show up.

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• Woodshop Lathe 101

  • When
    25 Apr 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Tampa Hackerspace (Teal Door) 4935 W Nassau St., Tampa

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  This is the sign-off class for the wood lathe.
  
  Basic Wood Shop Safety is a prerequisite for this class. This class includes a hands on component and enrollment is strictly limited.

  In this class, we cover basic safety principles and usage of the Nova 1624 II Wood Lathe in the woodshop.

  It is open to paid members only. 

  Limit 4 students.

  Instructor: Bruce Sharp

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• Weekly Open Make Night

  • When
    28 Apr 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Tampa Hackerspace (orange door), 4931 W Nassau St, Tampa

  This is our weekly open house, open to everyone. We will be giving tours of our space throughout the evening. Many members will be present to socialize and share ideas. Feel free to bring projects you are working on.

  No registration needed, you can just show up.

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• Weekly Open Make Night

  • When
    5 May 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Tampa Hackerspace (orange door), 4931 W Nassau St, Tampa

  This is our weekly open house, open to everyone. We will be giving tours of our space throughout the evening. Many members will be present to socialize and share ideas. Feel free to bring projects you are working on.

  No registration needed, you can just show up.

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