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Posted on 2012-01-102016-09-28 by FingerTech

Open House! Jan 17, 6-11pm

Please feel free to repost the below text to everyone you know! We want to fill the space with makers!Saskatoon Techworks is Saskatoon’s hackerspace. We are a non-profit community of people with a common interest: making things. We have built a shared workshop where members can share tools, work on projects, and socialize. We have many tools for electronics, wood and metal working, and arts and crafts. We even have our own home-made CNC mill!We are holding an open house on January 17th at 6-11pm which is free for the public. We will have projects and demonstrations to check out, free food and drinks, and live entertainment.

If you’re the kind of person who likes to make things and wants a place to meet people and work on projects, Techworks is the place for you. Come by on January 17th and meet the crew!

Saskatoon Techworks is located at 220 20th Street West in the Two Twenty Coworking space, Studio D in the basement. For more info, visit our website: sktechworks.ca.

Posted on 2012-01-052012-01-06 by rsilk

Next meeting: Monday, Jan 9th

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Monday, January 9th in our secret basement lab (220 20th St W). All are welcome!

Edit: it’s at 7pm!

Posted on 2011-12-102011-12-10 by Kaldonis

Board Game Day: Sunday, December 11th

We realize this is fairly short notice but tomorrow (Sunday, December 11th) there will be a few of us down at the space playing board games, likely starting around noon. Everyone is welcome to stop by!

Posted on 2011-11-282016-09-28 by Kaldonis

New YouTube account

We’ve gone ahead and created a YouTube account which we’ll use to host all Techworks related videos. There are only a few up there now but there are lots more to come, subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/sktechworks

Posted on 2011-11-072016-09-28 by FingerTech

Our CNC capabilities just got a boost.

I want to give a huge thank you to Robert at GRZ Software LLC. He has graciously donated a license to Saskatoon TechWorks Inc for his awesome CAM software “MeshCAM“. It’s the bridge between your 3-D CAD file and the CNC Router. I’ve used this program in the past and it is extremely powerful yet easy to wrap your brain around. Even better, it’s the “MeshCAM Art” version which can take images as the input so you don’t need to know how to use CAD programs at all!

Robert even threw in a license for “CutViewer CNC Simulator“. This lets you run a virtual cutting process and see what the finished piece will look like before cutting (it’s never quite as you drew it thanks to round cutting tools, inside corners, etc), and see if your program is going to break a bit before it happens!

Please check out the linked websites for more info on both programs. We will be hosting a workshop/tutorial on them and if you or your employer have a need for some CAM software you should definitely consider MeshCAM.

Posted on 2011-11-02 by rsilk

Next meeting: November 8th

It’s that time again! Our next monthly meeting will be held on November 8th in our secret basement lab (Studio D, 220 20th St W). Everyone is welcome, so come on down and check us out if you’re curious.

Posted on 2011-10-26 by rsilk

It begins…

More updates soon.

Posted on 2011-10-062011-10-06 by rsilk

Next meeting: October 11th

We’ll be having our next monthly meeting on October 11th at 7:00 PM in our secret basement laboratory (Studio D, 220 20th St W)! All are welcome, so definitely stop by and check us out. As usual, people will be working on/showing off projects after the meeting.

Posted on 2011-09-18 by rsilk

Project night: Sept 20th

This Tuesday at 7 PM we’re having a project night/snack potluck. Feel free to stop by and say hi or work on projects, whether they be group or individual!

Posted on 2011-09-012011-09-04 by rsilk

Next meeting: Sept 13

We’ll be having our next monthly meeting on Tues, Sept 13th at 7:00 PM in our secret basement laboratory (Studio D, 220 20th St W)! All are welcome, so definitely stop by and check us out. If you’d like to join, see the Become a Member page for all the relevant details.