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	May 2025
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				1	2 2600 Meeting 2600 Meeting May 2, 2025 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Host : Joe C. / Robert W. Info : Arch Reactor is proud to host the only St. Louis 2600 meeting. All 2600 meetings are open to the public. Visit stl2600.org for more information regarding topic. More details about 2600 can be found at http://stl2600.org Project / Discussion : Build Mechanical Keyboard Questions : pr@archreactor.org See more details •	3
4 Intro to Heat Treating Intro to Heat Treating May 4, 2025 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Arch Reactor, 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Learn heat treatment techniques for carbon and alloy steels from Gideon. We’ll be learning how to use the gas forge and electric kiln to harden and temper steel, an essential technique for blacksmithing, bladesmithing, and fabricating. Proper attire is mandatory. Please wear long pants and closed toed shoes. Natural fiber attire highly recommended for fire safety; students may wear synthetic attire, but they will be asked to watch and not participate in any hands on activities. This class is suitable for young students who are excellent at following directions and are comfortable around intense open flame. Recommended 12 and up. Students wanting to learn how to heat treat a specific steel or a specific piece may contact Gideon via Discord or the AR PR email ahead of the class. If possible, we will heat treat up to two students’ items. Contact for additional information at: directorofpublicrelations@archreactor.org See more details Weekly Open House Weekly Open House May 4, 2025 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Come stop by and visit! Open build night to work on projects and hang out! Tours available for new comers! See more details • •	5	6 New Member Orientation New Member Orientation May 6, 2025 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm See more details Weekly Open House Weekly Open House May 6, 2025 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Come stop by and visit! Open build night to work on projects and hang out! Tours available for new comers! See more details Member Meeting Member Meeting May 6, 2025 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Arch Reactor, 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA This meeting is Open to all Members and the General public. We would like to invite you all in to see what we have done for the month and to help us plan for the next month. We host our new member training at 7p – 8p Follow by the Business meeting starting at 8p. The member meeting consists of the AR Board members giving a brief report over their specific areas form the previous month, then Discussion of any larger topics we would like to bring to the attention of the membership at large, and Followed by setting the following months Calendar. Members and the public are welcome to participate in and ask question in general during the process. After the meeting we ask everyone stay and spend 10 minutes helping to do a general cleaning of the space, sections determined by a random lottery. In Person : 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103 Online : Join the Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91001376829 Meeting ID: 910 0137 6829 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/acuUOPCjhu New member Orientation: Starts at 7pm in person See more details • • •	7	8 Work From AR Work From AR May 8, 2025 8:30 am – 3:00 pm Private Members Event. Tours cannot be guaranteed during this event. Second Thursdays are work from AR days. Learn about other’s expertise and the varied careers and jobs of our members. Often we go out to lunch together around 11:30. We usually use the education room as a quite space for headset meetings and the lab for computer work. Feel free to join us. Coffee provided. See more details •	9 CNC Router Night CNC Router Night May 9, 2025 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Arch Reactor, 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Monthly meeting where we spend working on a project to explore bits, toolpaths, programs and everything CNC related. Questions can be sent to dereksigler@yahoo.com See more details •	10 RoboMo Meeting @ ArchReactor RoboMo Meeting @ ArchReactor May 10, 2025 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Host : Craig / Josh F. Info : ROBOMO is a club for people of all ages and experience levels who are interested in amateur robotics, electronics, and even artificial intelligence. Our members come from a very diverse background and are interested in a wide variety of robotic topics including telepresence, near space payloads, mini sumo, line following, mini Magellan, special “one of a kind” projects, computer vision and more. Our members are always willing to share their knowledge and experiences with each other with the common goal of learning about robotics and electronics and having a bit of fun along the way. Video Meeting Link : https://meet.jit.si/JovialPotatoesBreedTightly Meet up Page : https://www.meetup.com/robomo/ Questions : pr@archreactor.org See more details •
11 Work In Progress Meetup Work In Progress Meetup May 11, 2025 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Host : Jeff Simmons Cost : Free Info : Have you ever started a project and it just got stuck? Well come on down and we’ll collaborate on getting unstuck! Feel free to bring all or part of that stuck project or even that idea that keeps churning in the back of your mind. We’ve all been there at one time or another. Questions : PR@Archreactor.org See more details Weekly Open House Weekly Open House May 11, 2025 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Come stop by and visit! Open build night to work on projects and hang out! Tours available for new comers! See more details • •	12	13 Blacksmithing – Grinders & Sharpening Blacksmithing – Grinders & Sharpening May 13, 2025 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Host : Gideon Cost : Free Info : Required Items : TBD Questions : PR@Archreactor.org See more details Weekly Open House Weekly Open House May 13, 2025 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Come stop by and visit! Open build night to work on projects and hang out! Tours available for new comers! See more details • •	14	15	16 Friday Fire Friday Fire May 16, 2025 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Arch Reactor, 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Host : Hunter G. Cost : Free, Open to Public Info : Its a Fire on Friday I’ll bring a fire and you bring a chair. Do not bring magic ring to throw into the fire and recruit people to save middle earth Questions : pr@archreactor.org See more details •	17 Metal Shop Marathon Metal Shop Marathon May 17, 2025 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Arch Reactor, 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Host : Alex Info : Learn basic techniques for the mill, lathe, MIG welders, and plasma cutter. The mill/lathe portion of the class requires the following PPE: safety glasses (available at the space) short sleeve shirts The welder/plasma cutter portion of the class requires the following PPE: closed toes shoes with leather uppers long sleeved shirts and pants made from natural fibers (4 welding jackets are available at the space) safety glasses (available at the space) welding gloves (limited selection available at the space) welding mask (cheap Harbor Freight helmets are available at the space) Meet-up link : https://www.meetup.com/arch-reactor-hackerspace/events/291692398/ Questions : pr@archreactor.org See more details •
18 Combat Robots Meetup Combat Robots Meetup May 18, 2025 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Host : Will Cost : Free, Open to Public Info : Come join us from 5-7pm for a chill night of battle robots construction & conversation! No experience? No problem! Just bring yourself and we’ll answer your questions and teach you all you need to know! Grizzled veteran? Come hang out and chat about the finer points of robot design as we build around the table together! Questions : pr@archreactor.org See more details Weekly Open House Weekly Open House May 18, 2025 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Come stop by and visit! Open build night to work on projects and hang out! Tours available for new comers! See more details • •	19	20 AR Build Out Night! AR Build Out Night! May 20, 2025 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Arch Reactor, 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Host : Butch Magnum Info : Come help build out Arch Reactor into the kind of space we all know it can be! All skill levels welcome, we can even teach you some new building skills! Project : Questions : pr@archreactor.org See more details Weekly Open House Weekly Open House May 20, 2025 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Come stop by and visit! Open build night to work on projects and hang out! Tours available for new comers! See more details • •	21	22	23 3D Printer Meetup 3D Printer Meetup May 23, 2025 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Arch Reactor, 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Host : Scott R./ Chadd G. Info : Whether you’re interested in printing for art, prototyping, manufacturing, or just fixing dishwasher soap lids, this is a meetup group where you can come get answers to your questions, help people new to the hobby, and show off your printer and its creations. If you have a printer, bring it along, working or not, we would love to see and learn about it. https://www.meetup.com/STL-3D-Printing/ Questions : pr@archreactor.org See more details •	24 Wire EDM Build Day Wire EDM Build Day May 24, 2025 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Arch Reactor, 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Host: Jonathan Where: Arch Reactor Lab We’ll be working on the wire EDM machine, come join in! See more details 3 day Build-Out night! 3 day Build-Out night! May 24, 2025 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Come join us at Arch Reactor for some big ticket projects. We have a lot of cleaning & organizing. We also plan on completely revamping out 3D printer shelf. So this weekend is a great opportunity to build the shelves, install the shelves, and disassemble the old shelves. The vertical wood storage will also be tidied up. We’ll also finish the shop-vac storage shelf. As well as replace some of the florescent lights with LED lights. See more details • •
25 3 day Build-Out night! 3 day Build-Out night! May 25, 2025 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Come join us at Arch Reactor for some big ticket projects. We have a lot of cleaning & organizing. We also plan on completely revamping out 3D printer shelf. So this weekend is a great opportunity to build the shelves, install the shelves, and disassemble the old shelves. The vertical wood storage will also be tidied up. We'll also finish the shop-vac storage shelf. As well as replace some of the florescent lights with LED lights. See more details Weekly Open House Weekly Open House May 25, 2025 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Come stop by and visit! Open build night to work on projects and hang out! Tours available for new comers! See more details • •	26 3 day Build-Out night! 3 day Build-Out night! May 26, 2025 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Come join us at Arch Reactor for some big ticket projects. We have a lot of cleaning & organizing. We also plan on completely revamping out 3D printer shelf. So this weekend is a great opportunity to build the shelves, install the shelves, and disassemble the old shelves. The vertical wood storage will also be tidied up. We'll also finish the shop-vac storage shelf. As well as replace some of the florescent lights with LED lights. See more details •	27 Intro To… Spinning Yarn Intro To… Spinning Yarn May 27, 2025 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Host : TBD Cost : Free Info : Last Tuesday of the month will be an introduction level class or talk to some topic. Topic to be determined. Required Items : TBD Questions : PR@Archreactor.org See more details Weekly Open House Weekly Open House May 27, 2025 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Come stop by and visit! Open build night to work on projects and hang out! Tours available for new comers! See more details • •	28 Board Meeting – Online Board Meeting – Online May 28, 2025 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Host : AR Board Info : This is the Monthly meeting of the Arch Reactor Elected Board. At it we will have a general update from all attending board members. We will also discuss any pre-set topics that need to be covered before the Business meeting the following week. This Meeting is Open to the Membership to attend. Some of us may be Onsite at the space, Others may attend Virtually In Person : 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103 Online : Join the Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91001376829 Meeting ID: 910 0137 6829 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/acuUOPCjhu Questions : pr@archreactor.org See more details •	29	30	31 May – Board Game Day May – Board Game Day May 31, 2025 12:00 pm – 11:45 pm Arch Reactor, 2215 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Host : Frank K. INFO : Come On Out, see the space, and Play games With us. If you don't know games that's OK we are friendly and love to teach. If you do, bring your Favorites along and lets get a Game in. We'll have Food there, and I'll happily take Money in exchange for letting you eat all day. 10$ for adults (over 18) 5$ For kids (Under 18) We start at Noon and Play until you Leave or after Midnight, whichever comes last. 🙂 Reach out if you have questions Questions : Frank@kallal.net See more details •