A bunch of progress has been made at Makespace lately! We've got furniture,
the power's been sorted out properly, there's a *real* internet connection
and WiFi, painting is ongoing and most people know the way to the toilet.
So that means we're really ready to start making things, having fun and
eating cake!
When we ran Bodgesoc/SHDC we had nothing more than space, wifi, tables and
soldering irons, but we still had a lot of fun and did some cool projects...
Most of the 'Maker nights' recently have focussed on things *for* the
space, which has been awesome and we've got a lot done. With things
under-way on that front, I'd like to transition the Thursday sessions to be
about just using Makespace, like a Makespace... So, this Thursday (15th)
we'll be open 6pm-whenever we're done making stuff and we'll be working on
cool projects...
Let's do this like SHDC/BodgeSoc:
* If you're new, bring cake
* Whether you're new or not, bring a project to work on, and the tools you
need.
* If you haven't got what you need, ask on the list for someone else to
bring it (this includes skills!).
For now we're not quite ready for people to bring their own power tools in
to the space - soldering irons, computers, dev-boards, etc should all be
fine, but if you need to/can, it might be good to do any
drilling/milling/grinding/welding in advance.
We used to share the things we'd be working on in advance, which was good
for stimulating ideas and thinking about what we might be able to bring to
help other people. I'll get the ball rolling...
I'm going to be working on turning an old Apple G4 cube case in to a lamp
with a capacitive touch button and a web-service for controlling colour.
I'm hoping Brian might be able to give me some friendly tips on interfacing
with mains voltage safely, as most of my projects tend to run at 5V only!
If the relays I've ordered don't arrive in time then I'll be turning the
front panel of an old amplifier in to a USB HID-compliant device to control
a media-centre.
> * If you haven't got what you need, ask on the list for someone else to
> bring it (this includes skills!).
I was thinking of bringing in one or two of my raspberry pi based
science museum exhibits to have a play with...
On that subject are there any spare monitors at makespace? (ideally
DVI/HDMI ones) raspberry pis are wonderfully easy to move about but
their monitors definitely aren't...
There is a whole room full of computer stuff donated by the university,
probably a dozen workstations and 17"-ish LCDs (so bring your HDMI-DVI
lead). I fully intend to be there, a bit sad that I can't make Paintspace
tomorrow.
On the subject, it seems like "come and make stuff in the space" might
conflict with "put the second coat of paint on the floor", unless that
happens on wednesday?
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Dave Ansell <da...@mythic.beasts.org>wrote:
> > * If you haven't got what you need, ask on the list for someone else to
> > bring it (this includes skills!).
> I was thinking of bringing in one or two of my raspberry pi based
> science museum exhibits to have a play with...
> On that subject are there any spare monitors at makespace? (ideally
> DVI/HDMI ones) raspberry pis are wonderfully easy to move about but
> their monitors definitely aren't...
On 12 November 2012 14:33, Dave Ansell <da...@mythic.beasts.org> wrote:
>> * If you haven't got what you need, ask on the list for someone else to
>> bring it (this includes skills!).
I'll be along around half seven with various bits of arduino, motors
and other bits (gyros, speed controllers, PSU) we're using to build
our quadcopter (we're going for a level of success defined as 'doesn't
explode within the first minute of power up' at the moment). Mostly
playing with software I suspect at this point, we haven't managed to
get a session in with a jigsaw and drill press to actually build the
airframe!
> I was thinking of bringing in one or two of my raspberry pi based
> science museum exhibits to have a play with...
> On that subject are there any spare monitors at makespace? (ideally
> DVI/HDMI ones) raspberry pis are wonderfully easy to move about but
> their monitors definitely aren't...
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Martin Leo <pyropherna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is a whole room full of computer stuff donated by the university,
> probably a dozen workstations and 17"-ish LCDs (so bring your HDMI-DVI
> lead). I fully intend to be there, a bit sad that I can't make Paintspace
> tomorrow.
> On the subject, it seems like "come and make stuff in the space" might
> conflict with "put the second coat of paint on the floor", unless that
> happens on wednesday?
Yep, you're right about that. It isn't a conflict we wanted, but in order
to get the space ready for the 20th *and* to get some real hacking in the
space as soon as possible, we decided to go ahead with both anyway. We're
working out whether it is possible to do the second coat on Wednesday
night, also...
Either way, I think we'll make stuff in the 'classroom' as we've got the
tables set up in a good way for that there, as well as black(white?)boards
for planning and better acoustic for chatting...
> I'll be along around half seven with various bits of arduino, motors
> and other bits (gyros, speed controllers, PSU) we're using to build
> our quadcopter (we're going for a level of success defined as 'doesn't
> explode within the first minute of power up' at the moment). Mostly
> playing with software I suspect at this point, we haven't managed to
> get a session in with a jigsaw and drill press to actually build the
> airframe!
> Tom
I was going to have to miss this week's make stuff evening due to a house move, but talk of arduinos and motors and quadcopters now have me trying to work out if I can somehow attend.
I have a project that involves an Arduino Due, motor driver boards and a couple of stepper motors... but havent got the driver boards or the motors yet, so progress is slow :)
>> I'll be along around half seven with various bits of arduino, motors
>> and other bits (gyros, speed controllers, PSU) we're using to build
>> our quadcopter (we're going for a level of success defined as 'doesn't
>> explode within the first minute of power up' at the moment). Mostly
>> playing with software I suspect at this point, we haven't managed to
>> get a session in with a jigsaw and drill press to actually build the
>> airframe!
>> Tom
> I was going to have to miss this week's make stuff evening due to a house
> move, but talk of arduinos and motors and quadcopters now have me trying to
> work out if I can somehow attend.
> I have a project that involves an Arduino Due, motor driver boards and a
> couple of stepper motors... but havent got the driver boards or the motors
> yet, so progress is slow :)
Well, I have a motor shield (which we're not using, it can't drive the
current these things need), a pile of speed controllers and some
brushless outrunner motors (evil little things, 25 amp peak current!).
I'm building this thing with a friend of mine, Si, but neither of us
really have much of a clue what we're doing :) If you haven't bought
the motors yet I recommend giantshark.co.uk as a supplier, cheap and
UK based - unusual combination... I'll have a couple of boxes of bits
anyway, along with the basic tools, you'd be very welcome to play with
any of it.
Tom
btw - I completely failed to join the founders program, any chance I
can still do that or is it way too late?
We are still accepting Founders - we ask that potential founders tell us a
bit about themselves and in most cases meet us before we go ahead with the
membership, because Founder Membership entails shared responsibility for
the space, kit and community. *If you would like to become a founder, fill
in our simple form: http://bit.ly/MakespaceFounderDetails* and we’ll
arrange to meet you if we don’t know you, or if we do, we’ll send you
payment information.
*Being a Founder Member of Makespace means that you are supporting
Makespace up front financially, and also helping create the space. Founders
will be most actively involved in the coming weeks designing, planning,
building and collaborating on space layout, features, kit, rules, community
and more, both online and in person at Makespace. The Ł250 payment gives
you 6 months of membership starting now, including our building-Makespace
phase and once we are fully open. Founders will also get RFID access to the
space as soon as we can offer this, so they can help create the space and
work within it even before we are open to the public, so we all share some
of the responsibility for Makespace, and so if we haven’t met you in person
yet, we’d very much like to before we take any payment from you.*
On 12 November 2012 15:46, Tom Oinn <tomo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12 November 2012 15:26, SteveL <st...@steves-astro.com> wrote:
> > On 12/11/2012 14:41, Tom Oinn wrote:
> >> I'll be along around half seven with various bits of arduino, motors
> >> and other bits (gyros, speed controllers, PSU) we're using to build
> >> our quadcopter (we're going for a level of success defined as 'doesn't
> >> explode within the first minute of power up' at the moment). Mostly
> >> playing with software I suspect at this point, we haven't managed to
> >> get a session in with a jigsaw and drill press to actually build the
> >> airframe!
> >> Tom
> > I was going to have to miss this week's make stuff evening due to a house
> > move, but talk of arduinos and motors and quadcopters now have me trying
> to
> > work out if I can somehow attend.
> > I have a project that involves an Arduino Due, motor driver boards and a
> > couple of stepper motors... but havent got the driver boards or the
> motors
> > yet, so progress is slow :)
> Well, I have a motor shield (which we're not using, it can't drive the
> current these things need), a pile of speed controllers and some
> brushless outrunner motors (evil little things, 25 amp peak current!).
> I'm building this thing with a friend of mine, Si, but neither of us
> really have much of a clue what we're doing :) If you haven't bought
> the motors yet I recommend giantshark.co.uk as a supplier, cheap and
> UK based - unusual combination... I'll have a couple of boxes of bits
> anyway, along with the basic tools, you'd be very welcome to play with
> any of it.
> Tom
> btw - I completely failed to join the founders program, any chance I
> can still do that or is it way too late?
On 12 November 2012 15:53, Laura James <lbja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tom,
> We are still accepting Founders - we ask that potential founders tell us a
> bit about themselves and in most cases meet us before we go ahead with the
> membership, because Founder Membership entails shared responsibility for the
> space, kit and community. If you would like to become a founder, fill in our
> simple form: http://bit.ly/MakespaceFounderDetails and we’ll arrange to meet
> you if we don’t know you, or if we do, we’ll send you payment information.
On Monday, November 12, 2012 2:23:51 PM UTC, Jonny Austin wrote:
> Hi all,
> A bunch of progress has been made at Makespace lately! We've got > furniture, the power's been sorted out properly, there's a *real* internet > connection and WiFi, painting is ongoing and most people know the way to > the toilet.
> So that means we're really ready to start making things, having fun and > eating cake! > When we ran Bodgesoc/SHDC we had nothing more than space, wifi, tables and > soldering irons, but we still had a lot of fun and did some cool projects...
> Most of the 'Maker nights' recently have focussed on things *for* the > space, which has been awesome and we've got a lot done. With things > under-way on that front, I'd like to transition the Thursday sessions to be > about just using Makespace, like a Makespace... So, this Thursday (15th) > we'll be open 6pm-whenever we're done making stuff and we'll be working on > cool projects...
> Let's do this like SHDC/BodgeSoc: > * If you're new, bring cake > * Whether you're new or not, bring a project to work on, and the tools you > need. > * If you haven't got what you need, ask on the list for someone else to > bring it (this includes skills!).
> For now we're not quite ready for people to bring their own power tools in > to the space - soldering irons, computers, dev-boards, etc should all be > fine, but if you need to/can, it might be good to do any > drilling/milling/grinding/welding in advance.
> We used to share the things we'd be working on in advance, which was good > for stimulating ideas and thinking about what we might be able to bring to > help other people. I'll get the ball rolling...
> I'm going to be working on turning an old Apple G4 cube case in to a lamp > with a capacitive touch button and a web-service for controlling colour. > I'm hoping Brian might be able to give me some friendly tips on interfacing > with mains voltage safely, as most of my projects tend to run at 5V only! > If the relays I've ordered don't arrive in time then I'll be turning the > front panel of an old amplifier in to a USB HID-compliant device to control > a media-centre.
My plan is to work on a project ive had shelved for a few months, provisionally named "octobeat"
Idea is a midi output module designed for plugging in either provided or your own actuators/mechanisms in to so you can compose and sequence on physical things. The idea in my head is 8 high power pwm outputs controlled by usb-midi, put in some case that makes it feel a little like an octopus body so the wires to the actuators are like legs, and the default actuator are solenoids in little feet.
Ultimate aim is: * to compose "like i love you" on a setup including a robotic monkey playing a uke * to try and compose a tune on a building (the old sewerage works/mot) using all the pipes etc etc * make a kit that people can build including electronics, case, software
Will be looking for help on designing the case, and pcb software (i grew up on protel... For dos, so need to get up to date again!)
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Mark <markgoes...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Is this a founder-members-only evening?
Yes, it is founders only, but 'Maker Night' on Tuesday 20th is the same
thing, but open to everyone - http://meetu.ps/p6x0v.
In a sense, Thursday 15th isn't a 'special' night of any kind - it's just
that now we've got wifi, furniture etc it feels like the right time to make
the regular 'make/design nights' (alternative Tuesdays/Thursdays every
week) about projects and making things. I don't expect the space-making to
stop, either, of course!
So in the near term 15th, 20th, 29th are the 'makers evenings' with the
20th *not* limited to founders only. We aim for about one per month to be
open to everyone, so expect the next public maker event to be late December
(or early Jan, depending on how much demand there is for pre-Christmas
making on the 20th)
> On Monday, November 12, 2012 2:23:51 PM UTC, Jonny Austin wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> A bunch of progress has been made at Makespace lately! We've got
>> furniture, the power's been sorted out properly, there's a *real* internet
>> connection and WiFi, painting is ongoing and most people know the way to
>> the toilet.
>> So that means we're really ready to start making things, having fun and
>> eating cake!
>> When we ran Bodgesoc/SHDC we had nothing more than space, wifi, tables
>> and soldering irons, but we still had a lot of fun and did some cool
>> projects...
>> Most of the 'Maker nights' recently have focussed on things *for* the
>> space, which has been awesome and we've got a lot done. With things
>> under-way on that front, I'd like to transition the Thursday sessions to be
>> about just using Makespace, like a Makespace... So, this Thursday (15th)
>> we'll be open 6pm-whenever we're done making stuff and we'll be working on
>> cool projects...
>> Let's do this like SHDC/BodgeSoc:
>> * If you're new, bring cake
>> * Whether you're new or not, bring a project to work on, and the tools
>> you need.
>> * If you haven't got what you need, ask on the list for someone else to
>> bring it (this includes skills!).
>> For now we're not quite ready for people to bring their own power tools
>> in to the space - soldering irons, computers, dev-boards, etc should all be
>> fine, but if you need to/can, it might be good to do any
>> drilling/milling/grinding/**welding in advance.
>> We used to share the things we'd be working on in advance, which was good
>> for stimulating ideas and thinking about what we might be able to bring to
>> help other people. I'll get the ball rolling...
>> I'm going to be working on turning an old Apple G4 cube case in to a lamp
>> with a capacitive touch button and a web-service for controlling colour.
>> I'm hoping Brian might be able to give me some friendly tips on interfacing
>> with mains voltage safely, as most of my projects tend to run at 5V only!
>> If the relays I've ordered don't arrive in time then I'll be turning the
>> front panel of an old amplifier in to a USB HID-compliant device to control
>> a media-centre.
I have two projects on the go at the moment, the first one is an internet connected thermometer with a LCD display that's up dated every few seconds. I got all the bits, just need to hunt down lasts years code for the arduino which needs improving to allow the LCD to be update while waiting for a request from the internet. The second is an internet connected giraffe mood lamp using a raspberry pi and a lot of RGB LEDs(waiting for the LEDs to be delivered) still forming ideas on how i going to make it work. Basically the lamp will change colours according to the season and outdoor temperature and also flash when there a new Email, Facebook message, for my wife's (Sarah) accounts.
