> I've got a suggestion to widen the workshop content. How about... if we
> didn't have someone to teach for example, making dovetail joints, we just
> work through a tutorial together. That way you get the fun of doing a
> workshop with other people and the choice to do any workshop you'd like!

> On Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:19:02 UTC+1, Solexious wrote:

>> Hello all,

>> After floating the idea on IRC I thought it would be worth posting a
>> proposal to the list.

>> Background:

>> I have been lamenting the decline of the makers at the space, we used to
>> have much more visible making and learning. This has been eroded by those
>> on political crusades, or camping out at the space just wanting desk space
>> to get on the internet </rant>

>> One of the things I envy from other hackspaces are workshops, we don't do
>> those any more, lets change that! A good example comes from nottinghack
>> http://**nottinghack.org.uk/?p=1433 <http://nottinghack.org.uk/?p=1433>

>> The idea:

>> Fab Fridays - Running fought nightly (opposite graphics hackspace), with
>> differing workshops on each week. A small fee would be charged for most of
>> these to cover materials for those running the workshops (with a little
>> change left over for a deserved drink at the end). I would love to get a
>> few of us together to find and vet the workshops. This means we shouldn't
>> end up with someone 'taking advantage' by charging high fees for a low cost
>> workshop.

>> Everyone has their own skills and abilities that they can share, what
>> could you help teach others? Knitting, PCB etching,
>> soldering, origami, modelling **with fimo, how to wield a dremel with
>> skill... We have a tendency to think of what we know as easy to learn from
>> the internet or books, but the beauty of the hackspace is coming together
>> to learn and create, lets make awesome stuff together!

>> We already have the beginnings of a workshop to show you how to make a
>> custom cast and turn it into a candle!

>> What do we think, can you help make some awesome too?

>> Sol