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Elegoo Mars 2 Pro Resin Printer

Posted on 05 Mar 202205 Mar 2022 by castaway
Posted in EquipmentTagged Equipment, howto, Making

Member Project: Slide Hammer

Posted on 14 Nov 2018 by castaway

Aka: The Shiv of Self Love (The Wanky Wanky Shiv) Stats Made by: Josh and Steve Status: Finished Tools used: 3-in-1 lathe, TIG Welder Description Well it started as an oil change and before we knew it we were removing the apron from the Colchester Triumph 2000 lathe, but more on that later. In order Read more about Member Project: Slide Hammer[…]

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Bushes inserted into Swingarm

Member Project: Swingarm Bushing

Posted on 23 Sep 201823 Sep 2018 by castaway

Stats Made By: Steve Status: Finished Tools used: 3-in-1 lathe, 16mm reamer, Arbour Press Description I have a Honda Grom and like any good motorcyclist I take pride in modifying my bike. This modification involves replacing the standard steel swingarm with a Tyga aluminium over braced item. This is a straight swap however I wasn’t happy Read more about Member Project: Swingarm Bushing[…]

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Dog food and water table

Member Project: Dog food and water table

Posted on 16 Aug 201816 Aug 2018 by castaway

Stats

  • Made by: Jess
  • Status: Finished
  • Tools used: Mitre Saw, Powered Screwdriver, Trepanning Tool (new!), Polyurethane spray varnish

[…]

Posted in ProjectsTagged howto, member, Projects, tools
Turkish Drop Spindle printing on Prusa i2

May 4th, Busy Open Evening

Posted on 05 May 201609 May 2016 by castaway

Last night was our first proper open evening since moving to the new Makerspace location. Instead of digging into our list of TODOs (build tables, benches, put up shelves) .. all the things we’ve been doing the past couple of months, we actually sat down at tables and tinkered. Dave and Amy visited, with a Read more about May 4th, Busy Open Evening[…]

Posted in Open EveningTagged open evening, social, tinkering

First Year Anniversary Meet Up

Posted on 13 Jun 201312 Mar 2016 by castaway

On June 5th we celebrated our 1st year anniversary. Rather than attend a usual meet we decided to relocate the Hackspace to the more informal surroundings of the Sir Daniel Arms for a bite to eat and some drinks: We met at the Museum of Computing between 6:30 and 7pm, left a map to the Read more about First Year Anniversary Meet Up[…]

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Resources for Using Git

Posted on 29 Sep 201212 Mar 2016 by castaway

Here’s some basic resources to get started pushing code to github. Note: As well as computer source code, git is useful for tracking changes to anything that can be represented as plain text, e.g. German Law. The simplest use of git is to create the repo locally, stored in the same folder as the source Read more about Resources for Using Git[…]

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