Week 625 - Fashion and Pints
jackie pease
Each week we'll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.
And remember, if you're involved with DoES Liverpool at all, let us know what you get up to so we can include it here!
July Start Boost Membership
Once again it's time to announce the chance to get a free 6 month membership to DoES Liverpool. Find out more here and please share on social media and with anyone you think might benefit.
Applications will close at 11:59pm on 13th June 2023 and the successful applicants will be announced on 15th June 2023.
Dates for Your Diary
DoES Liverpool are taking part in Wirral MakeFest on Saturday 3rd June (this Saturday! Get in touch soon if you've got something to display or want to volunteer) and Liverpool MakeFest on Saturday 1st July. Both are great opportunities for the DoES Liverpool community to show people what we do and what we make (and to meet other makers and see all the excellent things that they’ve been making of course).
If you’d like to come along and help, or have something you’ve made that you’d like to display, then please add your details to the relevant Git issues or have a word with one of the DoES Liverpool organisers. Even if you’re not sure you’ll finish in time it’s useful for us to be able to know what we might need to set up.
Things of Note
- Jackie Pease: I went to a really interesting fashion talk at
DoES Liverpool on Saturday morning, organised by Megan
Pigeon Wishes (Liverpool-basedl fabric wholesaler).
Ruth Lowe, a Mary Quant expert, brought along items from her collection.
Megan is hoping to arrange more meetups.
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- @al...@bobiverse.social: I always love
Pint of Science UK time but last night's talks
LEAF on Bold St were exceptional. Amazing to hear all about the atrial fibrilation problem. what can be done with simple sensors and apps here, and regrowing livers!
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- Mini Sew N Sew: Martina has been product testing my “make your own cushion” kit at
DoES Liverpool maker night! She did an amazing job, I’ll call that a successful kit
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- @al...@bobiverse.social: This LED bars are super cool! #weeknotes twitter.com/andysc/status/…
Coming Up in the Next Week
| Monday 29 May, 7:00pm-9:00pm | 7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group |
| Thursday 01 June, 7:00pm-11:00pm | LivNUG (Liverpool Nix/NixOS User Group) |
| Thursday 01 June, 7:00pm-9:30pm |
Our free weekly evening meeting where you can find out about our space and all the making equipment in it, get a laser cutter or CNC embroidery machine induction, and work on projects from physical computing and electronics to 3d printing, routing and sewing. Just pay for materials used. |
Somebody Should
The DoES Liverpool to-do list is stored in the issues of our Somebody Should repository on github. Head over there if there's something you'd like to report, or if you want to help out fixing things.
Issue counts: 384 open, 1445 closed
3 new issues:
- The on/off switch on a plug socket in the laser cutter room is not working
- Extract to Laser Machines
- Looks like the height of the laser has been adjusted and AGAIN all the guides are GONE!!! Can we please have an EASY link to the drawings for the guides so at least you can make your own. PLEASE
Featured issue: Work out and set up an induction process for the CNC router. Can we move this on or close it?
5 issues closed:
- Looks like the height of the laser has been adjusted and AGAIN all the guides are GONE!!! Can we please have an EASY link to the drawings for the guides so at least you can make your own. PLEASE
- Fred: Threaded connector missing from one of the large embroidery hoops
- Coffee status display is not working
- Ironing pad missing from fibre arts room
- Future Improvements to Lasers - Air Filtration System
Thanks DaveBenji, Robotorium, JackiePease!