Author: tmeyer@hive76.org

This summer marks the 15th trip around the sun since Hive76 has been buzzing. Time to celebrate! Members past and present are invited to meet up on August 31st from 4pm – 10pm at The Perch at the Emerald Wildflower Garden around the corner from Hive.

R.S.V.P. by 8/26 so we can get an idea of headcount and allergies/sensitivities. Snacks and light drinks will be provided, including bubbly (alc + non-alc) for toasting to the next 15! You are welcome to bring additional food or drink – a reminder email will be sent out closer to the event with ingredients restrictions.

Hive had a busy spring, tabling at both Maker Faire and Fan Expo. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and all our members who volunteered and ran the tables. At Fan Expo we ran a cosplay repair station, helping many attendees fix unforeseen wardrobe malfunctions. Pete also debuted his cursed speaking Garfield with maybe sentience and Lovecraftian powers??? We don’t want to think to much about it. At Maker Faire, we had a full day of showing off Hive projects, even laser-etching business cards on the spot.

Those who attend our monthly boardgame meetup won’t be surprised there’s significant overlap between Hive members and board game enthusiasts. So you can expect to see a healthy percentage of our membership attending PAX UNPLUGGED at the Philadelphia Convention Center this weekend. We’ve made a temporary Slack channel #PAX76 so members can coordinate during the con.

We’ve doubled our 3D printing capacity overnight. We got TWO Voron printers with 350x350mm build area. We also have a new Creality CR-6 Max, with 400x400mm. And if that wasn’t enough, we have a custom-built CoreXY printer with 230x230mm build area and lots of bells and whistles.

We’re excited to welcome an Axiom AR6 Pro V5 CNC router to our makerspace. There will be some time required to get the CNC set up safely in our space with all the proper precautions. But once that’s ready, we’re pumped to add a new capability to our space.

Another year, another fun party full of creative costumes. Thanks to all members who came out to celebrate.

We have significantly upgrade our band saw. The old saw ran admirably with the replacement motor since the Spring Garden days, but it have finally been retired to the big woodshop in the sky.

This upcoming Sunday evening we’ll be having a member meeting. It’ll be at 5:30pm at Hive76. The primary topic will be a potential expansion of our space. We have the opportunity to rent the basement below our current workshop and double our space. If you’re interested, come and join the discussion.

We have a brand new Elegoo Saturn 2 resin printer. It has a 10″ diagonal screen and can build high-res parts up to 305.9mm(L)*273mm(W)*567.3mm(H) in volume. The extra detail makes it ideal for miniatures and high-tolerance parts. We’ll be hosting a training class on the new printer soon.