Pumping Station One

Pumping Station: One - Chicago's Hackerspace

founded 2009

• Address: 3519 N. Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618-5617
• General Contact: info@pumpingstationone.org
• How do I visit? - We have an Open House every Tuesday at 8pm at the same time as our Member Meetings. It's the best time to get a guided tour, ask questions about the space, and meet some of the board members.

Area Directory General Info, Events, Meetups CNC Info Woodshop Info Electronics Info, Events Arts Info Hot Metals Info, Events Cold Metals Info Small Metals Info Kitchen Info About PS:One Frequently Asked Questions What is Pumping Station: One Contact Information Neighborhood Information So who are hackers anyway? 1st Floor Map At-a-Glance Member Information New Members Start Here! New Member Orientation Membership Webite (Sometimes called Wild Apricot or the member site. You can manage your profile, payments and membership level here) Member Manual Guest Building Access How do things get done around here? How do I get authorized? Want to help? How can I help Need help? Do you need help What are we working on? Member Projects Member Tutorials Community Who are the members of PS:One? How do they communicate? What do they know about this whole social interwebs thing? Administration Board of Directors - The points of contact for day-to-day corporate operations, but not for most tools, equipment and space utilization. Area Hosts - The main points of contact for the (currently 12) different areas of the space. Volunteer Authorizers - contact info for the Volunteer Positions established by the Board. Communication Member Meetings Email Lists Social Networking Other PS:One sites and online spaces Request Tracker - A support tracker that we use to track membership issues. Member Votes - How we do/buy/decide big things Policies Canvas LMS Events PS:One Google Calendar PS:One Meetup Group Classes How do I create an event?

Things We Have How to do things, where to get things, what's in the area, and other general reference stuff you feel like sharing. Hardware Facilities: A list of what has been made available, and what should soon be made available to members. Tools and Equipment : All PS:One equipment, tools, authorization, safety, and repair information goes here. Sources: Where to get stuff: from Depots to dumpsters. Building Facilities: How our building works. Other Resources Important Documents and Files IT Infrastructure Supplies and other things purchased for day-to-day space needs Member Storage Registry tracks locker/shelf use What We Do PS:One is a Do-ocracy. Here is some of what we do: Current Projects Fixing and mapping the building's Electrical systems... Gathering Materials Wishlists Interest Groups NERP (Not Exclusively Raspberry Pi): Embedded Systems (biweekly) Beer Church (and Brewing Station: One): Beer appreciation and home brewing CNC Build Club: A monthly meeting for building CNC machines TOOOL Chicago: A monthly meetup about locks and lockpicking Python Office Hours: A biweekly meetup about python programming Systems Group Knitting Machines: A page for participants in the Knitting Machine Workshops Applied Sciences: A page for persons interested in applications of science Electronics Office Hours: For all your basic (and not-so-basic) electronics questions SIGBOT: A monthly meetup for building and talking about robots. Pumping Station:Yum: Cooking and Hacking food ELMER Monthly: Ham Radio Office Hours for licensed Ops and those working toward their licenses. All are welcome. Wiki Maintenance: Maintaining the wiki and teach people how to help. Space Automation IRC integration: Spacemon - what rooms are busy, and are the lights on? Peoplemon - who is at the space? Schedmon - who will be at the space? Chillmon - what's the temperature in the shop? Network services: Printers