East Essex Hackspace

We provide metal, wood and 3D printing workshop facilities, a computer lab with an electronics workbench and a dedicated laser cutting room. There is also social/communal space with A/V equipment for meetings, lectures and workshops. wiki.eehack.space

Repair café at the Hackspace 10:00-13:00.

We are pleased to announce we have been selected as the Council's preferred operator for Rochford Freight House, subject to final lease agreement etc. We'll be working with the community and other organisations to make the best use we can of the whole building. www.rochford.gov.uk/councillors-...

Today East Essex Hackspace celebrated its 8th birthday! 🎂🔥 We started with a handful of people in a Scout hut. Now we’re a community of nearly 400 members, and the Pavilion has been our home for almost six years. So naturally, we lit the cake with a MAP gas blowtorch. Happy birthday, EEH! 🎉

🏁 THE VELOCIRACER LIVES! 🦖⚡ Iain made it to the final Hacky Racers event of the year to challenge for the Scrumpy Cup! One burnt motor driver, one dead welder and a LOT of last-minute help later, the Velociracer has even been stretch limo-fied for better cornering. 😂 #HackyRacers #Hackspace

Think you couldn't build something like this? Nobody starts knowing everything. At East Essex Hackspace, you learn by building, testing, breaking things, fixing them and asking the person next to you. Come and see us Tuesdays from 7:30pm. Tours at 8pm.

It's Tuesday so it's Social/Open Night at the Hackspace today, come along from 19:30 to have a look around. If you would like a formal safety induction and to join up we start those at 20:00 and it takes about an hour.

⚡ What does 35,000 volts do to a Haribo bear? We found out. One of our members built the Cockcroft Walton Multiplier kit from @ExtKits@mstdn.social — an electronic Van de Graaff, all through-hole soldering, very beginner-friendly. Follow, Like & Share so more people find out about the space!

It's Tuesday so it's Social/Open Night at the Hackspace today, come along from 19:30 to have a look around. If you would like a formal safety induction and to join up we start those at 20:00 and it takes about an hour.

From a flat sheet of copper to a hand-made bowl. 🔨🥣 While East Essex Hackspace was out in force at #EMF2026, I managed to grab a place on a coppersmithing workshop with Urban Crafts Foundation. #HeritageCrafts #CopperSmithing #Maker #Metalworking #Craftsmanship

It's Tuesday Night so it's Social/Open Night at the Hackspace today from 19:30. If you're looking for a joining induction we do those at 20:00. This week's excitement is that the Council installed new bins in the park outside!

Tuesday night means it's Social Night at the Hackspace from 19:30. Inductions at 20:00 if you're thinking of joining.

Tuesday night means it's open/social night at the Hackspace from 19:30. If you're interested in joining we do inductions at 20:00, please be on time as it takes about an hour we don't restart.

We're running a Repair Café 10:00-13:00 today at the Hackspace.

🎉 Welcome Sandrina, our newest Trustee! She joined via a repair café, got hooked, and now builds robots and gets stuck in across the whole space. Usually in Tues/Weds, go say hello 👋

It's Tuesday so that means it's social/open night from 19:30 today. If you'd like to be inducted to join we'll start this at 20:00 and it takes about an hour, don't be late as we don't restart inductions.

It's Tuesday so that means it's social/open night from 19:30 today. Also, exciting news there's a tractor out mowing the sports field! If you'd like to be inducted to join we'll start this at 20:00 and it takes about an hour, don't be late as we don't restart inductions.

A quiet way to remember someone special. Local boy Henry Hall was just 6 when he passed away. For what would have been his 8th birthday, a tree has been planted at Hawkwell with a custom plaque. A small, lasting tribute made with care. 🌈🌳 #HenryHall #InMemory #TreePlanting #Memorial #UKMakers

It's Tuesday so that means it's Social/Open Night at the Hackspace from 19:30. If you're looking to join then inductions will start at 20:00 and last about an hour. Please be on time for induction as we don't restart them if somebody's 15 minutes late.

While members were representing the Hackspace at a District Council meeting last night, some work got done on our long-running shared Hacky Racer project. This is testing the 'state machine' for safe operation and differential mixing of the two drive motors when steering.

Tuesday night means Social Night from 19:30 at EEH but It'll be a quiet one as many members and Trustees are off to a District Council meeting where they are debating our bid for bigger premises. There will be at least one person around though if you'd like a tour/induction.

We were out on Hockley High Street promoting the Hackspace today. Not huge footfall given it was a sunny Saturday but we still managed to talk to lots of people who showed interest in what we do.

Member Iain was getting familiar with our Cricut last night. He has plans to build up a design using many layers of leather into a 3D relief. This will also involve using our 3D scanner to scan the original object. The Cricut did really well with the 1mm leather he tried.

It's Tuesday so Social Night at the Hackspace from 19:30 and potentially safety inductions from 20:00 if you're looking to join up. Pop down and see what we get up to.

Spring appears to be springing in Hawkwell and tonight it's also the Hackspace AGM from 20:00. Note this means there won't be time for the usual member general inductions.

Member Sunel has been busy creating this beautiful fused glass art at the Hackspace. The glass pieces were cut on our Wazer waterjet into intricate shapes that would be incredibly difficult by hand. They were then arranged and kiln fused to create these vibrant designs full of colour and light.

Trustee Nick visited the @raspberrypi.com store today and picked up a couple of Pico 2W to use in the Hacky Racer motor controller. We had a Pico W but felt like updating and having a spare.

This coming Tuesday 17th February we're running another Social/Induction evening at the Hackspace. We also plan to fire up the pancake machine so there will be automated pancakes available as well as the usual tea/coffee and biscuits.

Sometimes we get people asking if we can fix/make/modify things. It's not a 'service' we can guarantee but luckily last night member Matt had time to help somebody with a clothes rail which wasn't tall enough for long dresses. They'd bought longer poles that didn't fit and Matt was able to oblige.

Join us for a session with guest speaker Patrick 4D - the digital chef 🔪 Tomorrow - February 11th, 5pm CET / 11pm EST / 8am PST RSVP! forms.gle/NUM7v2bErQGA... Check out Patrick's work: instagram.com/patrick_4d/

If you are interested in finding out a bit more about #HitchinHackspace and are free this evening why not come along to our Monthly Social evening at The Victoria pub....

Live in Ballarat and interested in learning about 3D Printing or Laser Cutting (wood/acrylic)? We run regular introductory workshops on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month. All skill levels welcome, tickets essential. More info: ballarathackerspace.tidyhq.com/public/sched...

Sometimes you can augment old techniques with new equipment. Member Dan wanted to engrave a pint glass so used the Cricut at the Hackspace to cut out some stencils from some stencil film, then applied glass etching cream.

🏆 Volunteer Group of the Year 🏆 This recognition belongs to our amazing volunteers, members, and wider community. Every repair, every workshop, every hour given freely is what makes this place special. Thank you for believing in what we do and for helping build something truly community-led 💙

We're proud to say that last night the Hackspace won "Volunteer Group of the Year" in Rochford District Council's citizen awards. Thank you everyone who nominated us and thanks to RDC for the support!

At the weekend we had a rocket launch that very much fell into the “excellent learning opportunity” category. Made by one of our members using our laser cutter and based on a Pringles tube it has four small motors instead of one large one. Clever idea, tricky execution. youtube.com/clip/Ugkx5YZ...

It's Tuesday today so that means it's Social Night at the Hackspace tonight from 19:30. Pop in and see what we're up to.

Yesterday, after Repair Café, two members did a bit of a rearrange in the metalshop. One workbench got modified so our new and improved welding table could be stored underneath. The old Welding bench is being repurposed for glasswork with the kiln and oxygen concentrator on it.