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SaturdayAug 23 2025Fabricating Onto Fabric: 3D Printing on ClothWebsite
In this workshop we'll show you the technique of creating digital designs to attach to textiles.
Bring patterns and designs into Bambu Studio, a program for 3D printers, and learn the workflow to create machine code so that they can make models that are attached to fabric.
Prerequisite: Basics of 3D Printing. Required Materials: We've got the printer, filament, and plenty of fabric
Part of CETI's Enchanted Technology Summer 2025
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Stained Glass @ Hedron Hackerspacethrough
Hedron HackerspaceWebsiteLEARN THE ART OF STAINED GLASS!
@ Hedron Hackerspace 2020 SE Bush Street, PDX
Three Saturdays: Aug 23, 30 & Sep 6 | 12-4pm
Location: Hedron Hackerspace
Instructor: Silliam Bims
Level: All-Levels + Beginner-friendly
Cost: $180 includes all materials and tools.
50% of proceeds go to support Hedron Hackerspace!
Bring your wildest images, patterns, and tessellations!
This three-week workshop will introduce participants to the stained glass copper foil technique — a versatile, cold-glass method that allows for intricate, lightweight, and sculptural designs.
Create a colorful window panel, a lantern that glows from within, or a unique lampshade. This class will help you to confidently realize your ideas in two- or three-dimensional form.
The class will cover visual design, pattern-making, structural planning, and hands-on skill-building. Cold glass working techniques will be the focus. No kiln forming or lampworking will be involved.
What You'll Learn:
- How to cut and shape glass using hand tools
- How to apply copper foil and prepare pieces for soldering
- How to solder safely and cleanly
- How to use both traditional scribing and/or digital design tools
- How to approach the construction of structurally sound 2D and 3D pieces
- Finishing techniques: patina, cleaning, and display
What's Provided:
- Safety glasses
- A broad selection of clear, colored, and opaque sheet glass
- Glass cutters, nippers, grinding implements, pliers, and soldering tools
- Vinyl plotter for cutting custom design guides
- Copper foil, solder, flux, lead came
- A variety of support forms for assembling lamp shades
- Plenty of design help and encouragement!
What to Bring:
- Closed-toe shoes and work-safe clothing
- An old towel you don't mind dedicating to your project
- A sketchbook, or reference images (optional but helpful)
- Ideas, curiosity, and patience!
Schedule
Saturday, August 23 – Foundations & Design
- Overview of materials and tools
- Cold glass cutting and grinding techniques
- Pattern-making and structural considerations
- Laying out and cutting your design
Saturday, August 30 – Construction!
- Applying copper foil
- Soldering techniques
- Assembly strategies for 3D forms (lanterns, lampshades)
- Continued work on individual projects
Saturday, September 6 – Finishing & Display
- Final soldering and adjustments
- Cleaning, patina, and polish
- Hanging and mounting methods
- Group share and informal critique
Additional Info
- No experience is necessary, but attention to detail and respect for sharp materials is a must!
- Class is limited to 12 participants to allow for plenty of tool time and individualized support.
- A morning session will be provided if the class fills.
Sign up soon to save your spot!
Email first to confirm availability: [email protected]
Then pay to reserve your spot:
Paypal: Hedron Hackerspace
Venmo: Hedron Hackerspace -
How to Make Your Installation Indestructible: From Prototype to RealityWebsite
Part of the 2025 CETI Enchanted Technology Summer
Instructors: Justin Patrizi
Saturday, August 23 2025, 2024. 2:00pm -- 5:00pm.
Have you ever created something interactive, but weren’t sure how to bring it from your computer screen or breadboarded Arduino to a finished installation that won’t break down? In this workshop, we’ll take a broad look at what it takes to launch an exhibit in a hands-on science museum, build PNW weather-resistant LED art, or keep people from prying apart escape room puzzles. Many examples will be passed around, we will make and break some prototype components, and learn to anticipate where problems might occur to design better.
Prerequisite: Some familiarity with creating installations.
Required Materials: Bring questions and curiousity
Part of CETI's Enchanted Technology Summer 2025
Tomorrow
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SaturdayAug 23 2025Stained Glass @ Hedron Hackerspacethrough
Hedron HackerspaceWebsiteLEARN THE ART OF STAINED GLASS!
@ Hedron Hackerspace 2020 SE Bush Street, PDX
Three Saturdays: Aug 23, 30 & Sep 6 | 12-4pm
Location: Hedron Hackerspace
Instructor: Silliam Bims
Level: All-Levels + Beginner-friendly
Cost: $180 includes all materials and tools.
50% of proceeds go to support Hedron Hackerspace!
Bring your wildest images, patterns, and tessellations!
This three-week workshop will introduce participants to the stained glass copper foil technique — a versatile, cold-glass method that allows for intricate, lightweight, and sculptural designs.
Create a colorful window panel, a lantern that glows from within, or a unique lampshade. This class will help you to confidently realize your ideas in two- or three-dimensional form.
The class will cover visual design, pattern-making, structural planning, and hands-on skill-building. Cold glass working techniques will be the focus. No kiln forming or lampworking will be involved.
What You'll Learn:
- How to cut and shape glass using hand tools
- How to apply copper foil and prepare pieces for soldering
- How to solder safely and cleanly
- How to use both traditional scribing and/or digital design tools
- How to approach the construction of structurally sound 2D and 3D pieces
- Finishing techniques: patina, cleaning, and display
What's Provided:
- Safety glasses
- A broad selection of clear, colored, and opaque sheet glass
- Glass cutters, nippers, grinding implements, pliers, and soldering tools
- Vinyl plotter for cutting custom design guides
- Copper foil, solder, flux, lead came
- A variety of support forms for assembling lamp shades
- Plenty of design help and encouragement!
What to Bring:
- Closed-toe shoes and work-safe clothing
- An old towel you don't mind dedicating to your project
- A sketchbook, or reference images (optional but helpful)
- Ideas, curiosity, and patience!
Schedule
Saturday, August 23 – Foundations & Design
- Overview of materials and tools
- Cold glass cutting and grinding techniques
- Pattern-making and structural considerations
- Laying out and cutting your design
Saturday, August 30 – Construction!
- Applying copper foil
- Soldering techniques
- Assembly strategies for 3D forms (lanterns, lampshades)
- Continued work on individual projects
Saturday, September 6 – Finishing & Display
- Final soldering and adjustments
- Cleaning, patina, and polish
- Hanging and mounting methods
- Group share and informal critique
Additional Info
- No experience is necessary, but attention to detail and respect for sharp materials is a must!
- Class is limited to 12 participants to allow for plenty of tool time and individualized support.
- A morning session will be provided if the class fills.
Sign up soon to save your spot!
Email first to confirm availability: [email protected]
Then pay to reserve your spot:
Paypal: Hedron Hackerspace
Venmo: Hedron Hackerspace -
SundayAug 24 2025PCB Design 1: From Zero to gerbersWebsite
Bring a laptop with KiCAD 9 installed and a mouse, and we’ll take you from knowing nothing about PCBs all the way to generating the files you need to get them made!
Breadboarding, reading schematics, building a PCB, finding footprints for parts, the prototyping process, etc.
Prerequisite: none. A knowledge of circuits is very helpful
Required Materials: laptop with Kicad installed AND a mouse
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PCB Design 2: Intermediate KICAD and PCBsWebsite
Learn how to turn your Breadboard into a finished Printed Circuit Board with cutom art
Adding art to PCBs. Learn how to import custom artwork to add to your circuit boards, check out examples from other creators and learn how they were made, generate the files to get them produced, and order your first board with OshPark (coupons provided). This is a continuation of PCB Design 1.
Prerequisite: Part I
Required Materials: laptop with Kicad installed
Part of CETI's Enchanted Technology Summer 2025
Next two weeks
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SaturdayAug 23 2025Stained Glass @ Hedron Hackerspacethrough
Hedron HackerspaceWebsiteLEARN THE ART OF STAINED GLASS!
@ Hedron Hackerspace 2020 SE Bush Street, PDX
Three Saturdays: Aug 23, 30 & Sep 6 | 12-4pm
Location: Hedron Hackerspace
Instructor: Silliam Bims
Level: All-Levels + Beginner-friendly
Cost: $180 includes all materials and tools.
50% of proceeds go to support Hedron Hackerspace!
Bring your wildest images, patterns, and tessellations!
This three-week workshop will introduce participants to the stained glass copper foil technique — a versatile, cold-glass method that allows for intricate, lightweight, and sculptural designs.
Create a colorful window panel, a lantern that glows from within, or a unique lampshade. This class will help you to confidently realize your ideas in two- or three-dimensional form.
The class will cover visual design, pattern-making, structural planning, and hands-on skill-building. Cold glass working techniques will be the focus. No kiln forming or lampworking will be involved.
What You'll Learn:
- How to cut and shape glass using hand tools
- How to apply copper foil and prepare pieces for soldering
- How to solder safely and cleanly
- How to use both traditional scribing and/or digital design tools
- How to approach the construction of structurally sound 2D and 3D pieces
- Finishing techniques: patina, cleaning, and display
What's Provided:
- Safety glasses
- A broad selection of clear, colored, and opaque sheet glass
- Glass cutters, nippers, grinding implements, pliers, and soldering tools
- Vinyl plotter for cutting custom design guides
- Copper foil, solder, flux, lead came
- A variety of support forms for assembling lamp shades
- Plenty of design help and encouragement!
What to Bring:
- Closed-toe shoes and work-safe clothing
- An old towel you don't mind dedicating to your project
- A sketchbook, or reference images (optional but helpful)
- Ideas, curiosity, and patience!
Schedule
Saturday, August 23 – Foundations & Design
- Overview of materials and tools
- Cold glass cutting and grinding techniques
- Pattern-making and structural considerations
- Laying out and cutting your design
Saturday, August 30 – Construction!
- Applying copper foil
- Soldering techniques
- Assembly strategies for 3D forms (lanterns, lampshades)
- Continued work on individual projects
Saturday, September 6 – Finishing & Display
- Final soldering and adjustments
- Cleaning, patina, and polish
- Hanging and mounting methods
- Group share and informal critique
Additional Info
- No experience is necessary, but attention to detail and respect for sharp materials is a must!
- Class is limited to 12 participants to allow for plenty of tool time and individualized support.
- A morning session will be provided if the class fills.
Sign up soon to save your spot!
Email first to confirm availability: [email protected]
Then pay to reserve your spot:
Paypal: Hedron Hackerspace
Venmo: Hedron Hackerspace -
MondayAug 25 2025Bridgespace Coworking: Operations Beta WeekWebsite
Bridgespace Coworking: Operations Beta Week
Help us fine-tune our systems while enjoying a spacious, inspiring place to work.
Dates August 25 – September 5, 2025
Days & Hours Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
The Space A 10,000 sq ft living room, set up lounge-style with free coffee, high-speed Wi-Fi, and plenty of space to spread out or settle in. Coworking for the vibes.
Daily Wellness Reset – 12:30 pm
Mondays: Breathwork with Joe Shoemaker
Tuesdays: Meditation with Will O’Connor
Wednesdays: Sound Bath with Nicolette Sowa
Thursdays: Mindfulness Art with Tom Matto
Fridays: Yoga with TBC
Afternoon Sessions
Wednesdays, 4:00 – 5:00 pm: Upskilling with Tech Fleet
Thursdays, 4:00 – 5:00 pm: Explore Apple Vision Pro with e-Tribe
What to Expect A calm, community-driven workspace with just enough structure to keep you focused. Mid-day wellness offerings to reset your energy, plus afternoon sessions that spark learning and collaboration.
Who It’s For Designers, engineers, founders, freelancers, facilitators—anyone who thrives on clarity, connection, and good vibes.
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TuesdayAug 26 2025WordCamp USthrough
Oregon Convention CenterWebsiteThe home of 1,500+ diverse web professionals with a passion for WordPress.
WordPress provides the freedom to create, express yourself, and earn money online, making the impossible business as usual.
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Open Source Vibe Code Hangout
WebsiteThe Vibes DIY team is in Portland and we want to hang with you! We've got engineers visiting who haven't been here since JSConf 2011... Come tell them what's happened here in the since since then! We're excited to show you what we're working on. Prizes for people who make an app while we sip beverages. 😎
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RainSec - PDX Information Security Meetup
WebsiteRainSec is an informal group of like-minded security professionals who meet to network and discuss topics of interest in a non-work, non-vendor setting.
While our target audience is experienced information security professionals, this is a public event open to any interested parties. If you have a friend or colleague who might benefit, please pass an invite along.
Please follow us on Bluesky (@rainsec.org) or Mastodon ([email protected]) for any last minute updates.
COVID-19 Precautions:
- We meet outside under a covered patio area to reduce transmission risk.
- There are overhead heaters if it's cold, but dress comfortably!
- If you are feeling sick, stay home!
- If you've had a recent COVID exposure, stay home!
You can also find us on Meetup.com and Smoke Signal (AT Protocol).
If you're looking for more security-focused community meetups in the Portland area, check out pdx-infosec.com
- We meet outside under a covered patio area to reduce transmission risk.
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Hardware Happy HourWebsite
Hardware Happy Hour is an informal way to socialize, show off your projects, and talk about the world of hardware.
At Hardware Happy Hour Portland we welcome anyone interested in any kind of hardware from beginner to expert: Arduino DIYers, engineers, hardware start up founders, e-textile experimenters, LED-curious folks, 3D printing enthusiasts or robotics geeks.
If you’re working on something even vaguely related please do bring it along. No presentations, no pitch decks, just projects and conversation. Join us and nerd out about electronics!
We have a nerdy sticker and swag swap box for members of this meetup so if you have any stickers or small items like pens or socks to donate to our little collection please bring it along.
If you have interesting dev boards or cool kits gathering dust on your shelves, feel free bring it along and swap it for someone else’s neglected hardware, some really cool stickers, or just donate it.
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WednesdayAug 27 2025Portland Fabric Virtual MeetupWebsite
The Portland Fabric User Group (formerly Portland Power BI User Group) is a community of people excited about the business analytics and AI stack, Microsoft Fabric. We believe the platform offers rich possibilities, and we keep pace by sharing our learning and doing deep-dive explorations of topics. We run the gamut from new to experienced users and welcome anyone who shares an interest in data analytics and AI.
Some great perks to joining our monthly meetups are networking, knowledge transfer, and community building. We aim to foster a vibrant community that shares success in implementing best practices for Fabric and Power BI.
Visit us on our Meetup page to get details on the presentation topic and speaker. We hope to see you!
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TuesdaySep 2 2025Portland Geek Dinner - Beaverton! (Padnug)Website
Breakside has grown a bit too popular and we will be moving to have dinner at Ickabods for the foreseeable future. It worked great last month!
Be There and Be Square!
Geek and Nerd dinners are a great way to get to know your peers in the industry in an informal setting. We always have great food, beverages, and conversation!
We'll look to the RSVPs on here to guide our reservation. Please let us know you are coming!
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ThursdaySep 4 2025Portland PostgreSQL user group introduces ClickhouseWebsite
Cheap, Fast, Scalable: Introducing Analytics with Open Source ClickHouse®
Real-time analytic databases are indispensable tools for quick insights on large datasets, and ClickHouse currently leads the pack in speed and usage. This talk shows the major features that make ClickHouse popular for real-time analytics and provides a jumping off point to build your own apps. We’ll explain internals of ClickHouse and provide explicit guidance on when to reach for it. (And when not to.;) We will also demo new work from Altinity that adds separable compute and storage using shared Apache Iceberg tables. We’ll include thoughts on design patterns for using PostgreSQL and ClickHouse productively together.
Clickhouse is a horizontally scaling columnar database that absolutely rips. Huge datasets, JSON, partitioning, sharding, aggregations, JOINs: Clickhouse handles massive queries in milliseconds. We are so excited to host Robert and have him introduce another open source database Clickhouse. Robert has been working on databases since 1982, from pre-relational systems through modern analytic DBMS, with a focus on distributed systems and transaction processing He has worked principally with open source databases since 2006 and Kubernetes since 2018. His day job is running Altinity, a ClickHouse vendor.
Looking forward to seeing you all there.