Possible Pif3D build party venue
Graham Klyne
This from a discussion that came up at a recent Oxford BarCamp, and then on the
Oxford Geek Jam mailing list... Any interest here?
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Subject: Re: [oxfordgeekjam] It's oh so quiet...
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:29:19 +0100
From: Jason Field <ja...@jasonfield.com>
To: Matt Westcott <ma...@west.co.tt>
CC: oxford-...@googlegroups.com, li...@oxfordhackspace.org.uk,
G...@ninebynine.org
On 18 September 2011 20:26, Matt Westcott <ma...@west.co.tt> wrote:
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> Good idea re keeping everyone posted over Twitter - although since it can't really be called a hackspace in its current incarnation, I'd suggest #oxfordgeekjam as the hashtag.
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> I missed Barcamp, but I'll hazard a guess that Jason Field at Oxford Instruments (CCed - I think he's on the hackspace mailing list, but possibly not this one) was one of the people involved - he's previously raised the suggestion, but it was around the time that the hackspace talks were fizzling out...
Hi Matt,
I did indeed chair a session at BarCamp about companies contributing
to hackspaces. There were some really great suggestions about what
could be done - one of the ideas that I really liked was that Oxford
Instruments could host a RepRap build party in conjunction with
existing RepRap owners to help build more machines. I'm currently
getting approval from HR here then I'll post some dates and see who is
interested. It sounds like an ad-hoc Oxford meetup is useful for more
software related hacking - maybe OI can then provide specific events
for hardware hacking every few months?
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> - Matt
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> On 18 Sep 2011, at 13:21, J-P Stacey wrote:
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> > Finally, I know there was discussion at Barcamp Oxford about possibly
> > getting a local company involved in providing tools and a work space
> > for both hardware and DIY hacking; at any rate, there was definitely a
> > quite animated thirty-minute slot about it all. If anyone knows the
> > two main people involved in that then please do prod them to
> > contribute to this discussion.
The other main contributor in that discussion was Graham Klyne - I
have CC'd him on this in case he's not already on the lists.
Cheers,
Jason
David F. Flanders
Do they have dates, and more importantly do we have parts?
Gray, Steven
David F. Flanders
Ayo, heart thing sounds fantastic, when can we do that?
Oshug is tag for open source hardware user group camp, not online at mo.
Speak soon.
> Hey David,
>
> We are currently printing a set at the moment. I'm on holiday at the moment (just back from a week in Italy) but I've taught another person at CASA to print the parts in my absence. I reckon if that everything has and is on schedule we should have another set of parts by the time you come and do our site visit. I'll be able to fill you in better later this afternoon when I head into CASA for a little visit.
>
> In other news, I've had an email from a doctor in UCL who is a heart specialist interested in printing a model of a heart for which he has a detailed 3d model from a mri scanner. I'm going to phone him today and see if we can help him print it out - could make a very interesting model.
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> I need to get sometime to finish off our printer. We have all the parts now just need to put in the last little push. Is anyone up for helping?
>
> When is the open hardware event that we are taking the printers to?
>
> Steve
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> On 22 Sep 2011, at 07:38, David F. Flanders wrote:
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> Do they have dates, and more importantly do we have parts?
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> This from a discussion that came up at a recent Oxford BarCamp, and then on the
>> Oxford Geek Jam mailing list... Any interest here?
>>
>> #g
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>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [oxfordgeekjam] It's oh so quiet...
>> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:29:19 +0100
>> To: Matt Westcott <ma...@west.co.tt<mailto:ma...@west.co.tt>>
>> CC: oxford-...@googlegroups.com<mailto:oxford-...@googlegroups.com>, li...@oxfordhackspace.org.uk<mailto:li...@oxfordhackspace.org.uk>,
>> G...@ninebynine.org<mailto:G...@ninebynine.org>
Graham Klyne
This is currently a tentative suggestion - so details like that still need to be
clarified. Mainly, I was testing the waters for a possible build party at
Oxford Instruments.
BTW, Oxford Instruments make superconducting magnets and related stuff, which
involves hardware, electronics and software, so they're pretty well equipped :)
The main downside may be that they're a few miles out of Oxford proper, so
public transport to get there may be relatively sporadic. I understand there is
a fairly decent bus service that can stop nearby.
#g
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