A few weeks ago, on his way to LinuxCon, Timothy stopped by the biggest hackerspace he’d ever seen. Houston’s TX/RX Labs is not just big — it’s busy, and booked. Unlike some spaces we’ve highlighted here before (like Seattle’s Metrix:CreateSpace and Brooklyn’s GenSpace, TX/RX Labs has room and year-round sunshine enough to contemplate putting a multi-kilowatt solar array in the backyard. Besides an array of CNC machines, 3-D printers, and wood- and metal-working equipment, TX/RX has workbenches available for members to rent. (These are serious workspaces, made in-house of poured concrete and welded steel tubing.) There’s also a classroom full of donated workstations, lounge space, a small collection of old (but working) military trucks, and a kitchen big enough for their Pancake Science Sunday breakfasts. Labs member Steve Cameron showed me around. You saw Part One of his tour last week. Today’s video is Part Two…. A few weeks ago, on his way to LinuxCon, Timothy stopped by the biggest hackerspace he’d ever seen. Houston’s TX/RX Labs is not just big — it’s busy, and booked. Unlike some spaces we’ve highlighted here before (like Seattle’s Metrix:CreateSpace and Brooklyn’s GenSpace, TX/RX Labs has room and year-round sunshine enough to contemplate putting a multi-kilowatt solar array in the backyard. Besides an array of CNC machines, 3-D printers, and wood- and metal-working equipment, TX/RX has workbenches available for members to rent. (These are serious workspaces, made in-house of poured concrete and welded steel tubing.) There’s also a classroom full of donated workstations, lounge space, a small collection of old (but working) military trucks, and a kitchen big enough for their Pancake Science Sunday breakfasts. Labs member Steve Cameron showed me around. You saw Part One of his tour last week. Today’s video is Part Two.

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