3D Thursday is back

Posted on June 20, 2013 by glen

Tonight sees the return of our twice monthly 3D thursday evening. This is an open event where anyone can come along to see and learn about 3D printing.

Below is the email Cay sent to our discussion group, for those of you who haven’t seen it:

Hey People, 
 
It is 3D Thursday this week, the first in the new Maker_Space! 
Quite a lot has happened in the world of Additive Manufacture in the last month – lots to chat about. 
 
We are excitedly looking forward to the arrival of the Extruder this month and I am thinking of holding a *scrap heap challenge* day one weekend soon to build something that could grind up scavenged/salvaged ABS from electronic goods. Who would be up for that? A team effort? 
 
I’ve been working on a Large Format Additive Manufacture (LFAM) machine for the space – I’ll bring details of it along on Thursday and hopefully get some feedback from you guys before I order the metal. 
 
What have you guys been up to? I know we have a couple more people with printing capacity in the region. What have you been making? 
 
See you of Thursday (6 – 9ish) at the new space. 
 
Best 
 
Cay

 

 

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Back to ‘Normal’

Posted on June 14, 2013 by glen

Obviously i use the word ‘Normal’ loosely…

After our initial clean, fix and build frenzy since taking over the new space on the 1st June, we plan to get back to normal member’s Maker evenings as from next week.

There’s still jobs to do, but we now have rooms set up where people can work plus kitchen and toilet facilities.

Initially we will be aiming to open the same hours as our old space and then adding more days as we sort out keyholders and regular availaibitly of people to open up.

For now it’s:

Maker Monday 6:30pm -10:30pm
Tinker Tuesday 5:30pm – 9:30pm
Welcome Wednesday 6pm-8pm for visitors, but members can usually arrive earlier and stay longer*

*In the past Wednesdays have been a write-off for actually working on projects due to lack of space. But in the new space there is more than enough room to do some project work so it can now be considered a proper members working day too!

In addition, at least one of our members is planning to use the space most weekday afternoons so it should be open then. But this isn’t a given and not yet part of our official opening hours. you should always check ahead on our mailing list if you are planning to pop in during the day.

Glen

 

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