11/11/2025
Where Curiosity Sparks Innovation & Community Fuels Creativity
Hey SynergyMill friends!
We’re heading into the season of gratitude, and we have a lot of friends we're grateful for. 2025 has been a wild ride full of growth, tool upgrades, a little construction dust, and a whole lot of community hustle. Through all of it, one thing keeps us going: members who keep showing up, supporting each other, and helping us build the future of making in Greenville. Our extreme gratitude goes to some of you who stand out:
🧰 Garrett Johnson
Garrett has meticulously planned workshop layouts, installed shop air systems, and helped acquire essential tools. He's been a key player in moving to the new building. If something makes sense at SynergyMill, it’s probably thanks to Garrett.
🛠️ Ryan Melshenker
As our resident woodshop shopkeeper at the Woodworking Outpost, Ryan has been keeping the woodworking tools available, workshop space open, and the vibes good.
🛠️ Jim Sevier
Jim dropped a massive tool donation on us this month, the kind of haul that instantly creates another workshop. Tool boxes full of tools, a tablesaw, clamps, and so much more. Jim is a former member of SynergyMill and is moving to France later this year. Thank you for investing in our workshop, Jim!
🕰️ Fun Fact!
The first-ever member to sign up at SynergyMill?
🎉 Jim Ciallella, on April 2, 2016.
And hot on his heels, member #2 was... Garrett Johnson.
Legends, both of them.
🎉 Welcome, New Members!
Next time you’re at the shop say Hi! to:
🧰 Will Owens - Multi-discipline maker
🎮 Jarvis Hill – Game developer extraordinaire
🔥 Lauren Bell – Welder and artist with sparks and style. You can find her page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100073614166293
📻 Benjamin Pauly – Ham radio enthusiast and signal chaser
And we give best wishes and farewell to furniture restorer Viktoria Dregely who is moving to Portugal next month.
DECEMBER 1, 2025
Save the date! We'll either be moving into 31 Cessna Ct or we'll be making an announcement. Right now we're building walls, bathrooms, a parking lot, and battling the city over required changes for permits.
🔥 New Tool Alert!
CNC Plasma Cutter!
We’re bringing fire to metal! A3 4x4 CNC plasma cutter for precision cutting of sheet metal up to 5/8" thick.
Want to help make it happen?
👉 Donate here to support the plasma cutter fund
All donors will have their name displayed on the machine!
📆 Upcoming Events & Important Dates
🖥 Alt.Computing Club
📍 OpenWorks Outpost | 🕕 Wednesdays @ 6:30 PM
Join a crew of curious tinkerers diving into mesh networks, ham radio, and general digital mayhem.
Fun fact: "Alt.computing" is named after the Usenet News subgroups of the 1980s, it's the OG Reddit, but decentralized.
alt.computing meetup
🧠 STEAM Night at Glenview Middle
📍 2575 Old Williamston Rd, Anderson, SC
📅 Friday, Nov 14 | 🕠 5:30–7:30 PM
We’ll be showing off 3D printing and a few power tools. Great way to meet curious kids and future makers!
Find More Local Tech Meetups at HackGreenville.com
Want to explore beyond SynergyMill? Check out the go-to hub of local meetups for devs, artists, hackers, and builders. You can even subscribe to a custom feed that drops events straight into your personal calendar.
Members stay connected with Slack and Basecamp!
Hey, Slackers! Remember to check your Slack to keep up with current events and conversations. Use Basecamp to join projects or keep up with the new workshop progress. Request access if you want to be added!
📅 Luma.com is In, Meetup.com is Out
All SynergyMill events, meetups, and workshops now live on Luma.
If you're still watching the Meetup page... it might ghost you any day now. Don’t miss out — follow us on Luma!
🧑💼 Need a coworking space?
SynergyMill Outposts Are OPEN and ready for you to visit!
VentureX – For 3D Printing, Scanning, VR, Sewing, and computing space. Members can visit free anytime VentureX is open and stay after hours. Nonmember guests require a member to accompany their visit. And we have FREE COFFEE. ☕ You can also get your own desk at VX for about a hundred bucks a month.
OpenWorks – Come learn soldering, fix broken electronics gear, or talk shop with fellow techies. Members can visit free anytime Openworks is open. Nonmember guests require a member to accompany their visit. 💻 You can also get your own desk at OW for about a hundred bucks a month.
🔭 Our vision is to build creative communities
SynergyMill is a non-profit organization that creates makerspaces! we believe that when people have access to tools, space, and support, amazing things happen. We’re here to ignite joy, empower makers, and cultivate an inclusive community where creativity moves ideas from possibilities to realities.
💖 Why Be a Supporting Member?
Your membership is what keeps SynergyMill running. It’s the fuel that keeps the creative fires burning in the Outposts around town and for the upcoming new building.
As a member, you get:
✔️ Free access to SynergyMill outpost spaces
✔️ Free (or super cheap) classes and workshops
✔️ Free access to our Tool Library to borrow tools
✔️ The satisfaction of knowing you’re helping build the future of hands-on learning and innovation in the Upstate
👉 Become a Supporting Member
---Joey says:
From the first member who signed up in 2016 to the brand-new faces walking in today, SynergyMill runs on creativity, collaboration, and curiosity. And you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for sticking with us through this transitional time. We’re building something amazing and it wouldn’t be possible without this wild, generous, and brilliant community.
Stay awesome and wreckless,
— Joey
p.s. Do me a huge favor and share and like stories about SynergyMill on your socials. Let's fight the algorithms together!
