Fw: [LSF] DIY with collective knowledge - 2:30 Sunday 15th Nov
Adrian McEwen
weekend, but if they've headed off by Sunday afternoon then I think I'll
have a wander down. It's taking place at the Liverpool Social Centre
on Bold Street - <http://www.liverpoolsocialcentre.org>
Adrian.
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From: Evans, Luke <L.Ev...@student.liverpool.ac.uk>
Subject: [LSF] DIY with collective knowledge - 2:30 Sunday 15th Nov
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Date: Friday, 13 November, 2009, 10:31
Hello ,
This Sunday from 2:30 the first DIY meeting/workshop/discussion will
take place.
The idea being that if you have anything which needs fixing, be it
clothes, a bike, a computer whatever, bring it along and try to fix
it yourself. All going well there will be other people there who
have either experience in something similar, or keen to help out and
together we will work it out.
For those of you who have nothing to fix (surely you have something
thats been broken for ages and you just haven't had the energy or
time to fix it), there will be an project of making something.
The plan for this week was to make a bicycle powered generator,
which I have a few electric motors, all the cabling, and diode which
will be needed for the electrical part.
Because of the short notice, and my lack of planning, this week I
will be building a bike trainer stand, and we can talk about, or
even attempt to make one between us.
Parts for a bike trainer stand needed are 3 lenghts of 0.5 meter
threaded bar (like a really long bolt without the head, any fixings
shop should sell these) with 6 nuts to fit. 10mm thick would be a
good size if buying it, if finding/stealing/using existing stuff
then any size may be workable.
5x4mm wood at 3 meter length ideally, but any wood you have lying
around with lengths over half a meter may do. I am going to try and
make one out of pallets.
old handlebars from a dumped bicycle
I will bring tools needed for this, but if anybody is coming along
to fix something else and is unsure of what tools would be needed
and if they have them, e-mail me on eg0u...@student.liv.ac.uk
</mc/compose?to=eg0u...@student.liv.ac.uk> as I may have what is needed
Hoping to have finished by 5-5:30ish, stick around for a chat, then
enjoy the usual sunday food at 6pm and film at 7, which this week is
SALAAM BOMBAY!
cheers
luke
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cheapjack
and anyways trying to work out what to do with an old shower pump of
mine...
think a bike powered laptop would be good to do...would keep me warm
while working and maybe i could sack off the gym...im going to try go
to their next one
ross
On 13 Nov, 13:55, Adrian McEwen <adr...@mcqn.net> wrote:
> This looks quite interesting. I've got friends visiting this
> weekend, but if they've headed off by Sunday afternoon then I think I'll
> have a wander down. It's taking place at the Liverpool Social Centre
> on Bold Street - <http://www.liverpoolsocialcentre.org>
>
> Adrian.
>
> wrote:
> </mc/compose?to=eg0u8...@student.liv.ac.uk> as I may have what is needed
> Hoping to have finished by 5-5:30ish, stick around for a chat, then
> enjoy the usual sunday food at 6pm and film at 7, which this week is
> SALAAM BOMBAY!
>
> cheers
>
> luke
>
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Adrian McEwen
an old pallet and a length of steel pipe into something resembling a
stand for the bike. There are a couple of photos and a short write-up
on my blog [1].
I think there's definitely space for some more DIY and old-school
hacking in the hackspace. Admittedly it's even harder to do from a bar
or cafe than soldering, but in the longer run when we've found a space
I'd love to have some basic metal-working and wood-working tools
available as part of it.
I think the afternoon-length session worked well too, and is maybe
something to think about for future hackspace meetings. Having a few
hours to devote to something means you're more likely to make some
decent progress on whatever you want to build rather than just sit
around chatting. The only problem is that weekends are usually filled
up more quickly than evenings mid-week - at least mine seem to be. What
does anyone else think? Would a Sunday afternoon hack session be a
better solution than the evening meetings?
Cheers,
Adrian.
[1]
<http://www.mcqn.net/mcfilter/archives/liverpool/building_a_bikepowered_generator_at_the_liverpool_social_centre.html>