A picture of the Hackspace on a warm but windy day. The leaves are coming back on the trees now.
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.
A close view of the Hackspace with one of our flags planted outside.
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 👋
Quite a few tonight! Low height too
A view of the Hackspace on a sunny spring day.
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.
A view of the Hackspace with a big orange tractor towing a mower attachment in the right of the frame.
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
A view of the Hackspace on a dull March day.
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.
A view of the Hackspace on a bright March day. The trees are just starting to come back to life but the field is still very muddy.
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.
Some Hackspace clutter set out on tables. There's an "arcade machine" running RetroPie, an Antweight fighting robot arena with several bots, a 3D printer, our traffic light game and various random objects made at the Hackspace.
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.
A piece of leather with the name "Iain" cut out of it. The leather and the resulting letters are on the tacky backing sheet used by the Cricut.
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.
A picture of the Hackspace on a slightly dull day.
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.
A 'teardrop' shaped piece of mixed burr wood and resin. You can see sparkling whorls withing the resin.
The result of a bit more turning and polishing. Stuart is experimenting with the mix in the resin and this has mica powder in to make it swirly and sparkling. There's a little too much as it's reduced visibility too far so he's going to change the mix and try another piece.
Stuart turning the "egg" on the lathe. He is wearing an impressive positive pressure face mask.
The "egg" partway through turning.
Member Stuart is experimenting with turning wood/resin "eggs" on the lathe today. This has wood placed in a 3D printed mould of roughly the right shape, filled with resin then turned down removing the mould. This apparently saves a lot of resin, which is much more expensive than 3D printer filament.
A view of the Hackspace on a sunny day.
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.
The Macbook with replaced screen booting for the first time. The protective film and stickers are still on the screen.
This worked out good in the end after a bunch of struggling with tiny ribbon cables.
A circular piece of glass art showing tall blades of grass with a stylised dragonfly and butterflies above. Nestled in the grass is a ladybird.
A circular piece of glass art showing a tall daisy-like flower with tiny bees buzzing around it.
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.
Two people balancing a MacBook so they can undo fasteners and remove tiny ribbon cables.
One thing that is going in is a couple of members are replacing the smashed screen of a MacBook. It's a fiddly process and may take them a while.
A view of the Hackspace on an afternoon where the first signs of the coming spring abound. The field is very muddy.
It's Tuesday and that can only mean one thing: Social Night at the Hackspace from 19:30. I've been away a couple of weeks so don't know what anybody's plans and projects for today are but pop down to see what we down if you fancy it.
The storefront of the Raspberry Pi store which is minimalistic white & wood a bit like an Apple store.
A large display model Pi with camera.
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.
A view of the Hackspace on a sunny day.
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.
A tall clothes rail with garment bags hanging.
The metal poles that make up the clothes rail.
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.
A spot washing machine sat on a bench.
The two motors side by side.
One of the items at Repair Café was a spot cleaner where the pump had stopped working. If we can't repair it on the spot we often have to order a part. Unfortunately VAX had changed things and it wouldn't fit. Some lengthy skilled work got the old pump working and this one sent back.
A view of the edge connector on an HP server power supply. There is a resistor and wire soldered to the smaller contacts and a pair of crocodile clips are connected to the large power pads, driving a 12V light bulb.
Meanwhile, Trustee Nick who is also waiting for his BC250 board, is messing around with a recycled HP server power supply to power it. This will mean designing a custom case and a bit more work or simply letting it all hang out with some Kapton tape to protect those high current 12V connections.
A BC250 case in 'galaxy black' 3D printer filament with fire red laser cut acrylic side panels in a hex pattern.
Trustee Matt is doing another BC250 make. It's the same case design in different colours, which look absolutely great, but he's still waiting for the board to arrive.
Join us for a session with guest speaker Patrick 4D - the digital chef 🔪
Tomorrow - February 11th, 5pm CET / 11pm EST / 8am PST
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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...
A piece of plastic film stuck to the side of a pint glass.
A toothpaste-looking paste applied to the stencil. Probably best not to use this as toothpaste.
The end result showing the Southend United football club logo.
The end result showing the Southend United football club logo.
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.
