HardwareHackNight

Tuesdays
20:00 (8 PM) — midnight, or later!
Check upcoming events: https://sudoroom.org/events/categories/hack-night/
See also: https://sudoroom.org/calendar/ and https://luma.com/sudoroom for more frequently updated event info.

Overview

Tinker and toil, fiddle and play, hack away at hardware and electronics at the big table or over on the electronics and soldering workbenches. Affect flair or repairs on textiles and fabric with the sewing machines and other hard machines for soft things.

The Hardware and SoftWEAR Project Night runs alongside the Fixit Clinic, come join a plethora of creative, kind, smart, and knowledgeable nerds as we fix and make things!

Getting here

Street address: 549 48th Street, Oakland, CA 94609
Links to OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, etc

Physically

Sudo Room is located in the Omni Commons building, at the corner of 48th and Shattuck, in North Oakland.

The nearest major intersection is 51st and Shattuck, right next to the highway 24 on/off-ramps.

We're 1/2 mile north of MacArthur BART station; which is approximately 10 minutes at average human walking speed.

Virtually

It won't be the same, but you can join us virtually!

Online Jitsi video conference

Getting in

Our main entrance is not the one on Shattuck. Walk down 48th St. to the building's side door and follow the instructions posted there for accessing Sudo Room.

Activities

We work on a variety of things. It's always more fun to learn around other people.

• Bring your own stuff. Take apart old computers, roller skates, robotic toys, you name it!
• We have a big library of antique and modern gadgets that you can take apart
• Noisemaking machines
• Learn how things you own work, demystify your electronics
• Put together circuits
• Have fun with friendly pirates!
• And more!

Resources

Amazing people

• Coming from all walks of life we each
  bring something of value to the table

Tons of tools to use

• Hand tools
• Power tools
• Various vices
• Standing drill press
• Bandsaw
• Benchtop sander
• Benchtop grinder

Hardware and components

• Nuts, bolts, and washers
• Transistors, capacitors, oh my!
• Buttons, switches, plugs, and more
• Too many to list!

Electronics tools and materials

• Multimeters
• Oscilloscopes
• Microscopes
• Soldering iron stations, solder, and flux
• Assorted lengths of wire

Sewing tools and materials

• Sewing machines
• Serger/overlock sewing machine
• Scissors
• Pins and needles
• Threads
• Fabrics

3D printers

CO₂ laser cutter

CNC mill

Gallery

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