From justin at discordia.org.uk Mon Jan 21 11:27:09 2013 From: justin at discordia.org.uk (Justin Mitchell) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:27:09 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] test 6 Message-ID: <1358767629.32040.6.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> test 6 From justin at discordia.org.uk Thu Jan 24 10:25:52 2013 From: justin at discordia.org.uk (Justin Mitchell) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:25:52 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Welcome Message-ID: <1359023152.3210.11.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> Hello there and welcome, This list and website are my attempt to round up all of the people in Swansea who have expressed an interest in having a Hackspace / Makespace in the city, and there have been quite a few. For those not familiar with the idea, a hackspace is typically a kind of shared workshop space where people can go to tinker with and create their projects, with access to a collective set of tools and resources as well as the knowledge and help of others. These spaces are also often used as a social, meeting, and educational place as well. This space, its running costs, and equipping it are all paid for from funds raised by membership fees and donations, and would be run as a non-profit or charity organisation. Please help the cause by spreading the word and reposting links to everyone you think might also be interested. From justin at discordia.org.uk Thu Jan 24 10:41:19 2013 From: justin at discordia.org.uk (Justin Mitchell) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:41:19 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] What do you want from a hackspace? Message-ID: <1359024079.3210.23.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> To stimulate some discussion, i will start by talking about my vision for a hackspace, and the features i would like to see. My wishes for a hack space is a place where i can go that i will have the space to work on my little electronics projects, somewhere i can leave my collection of tools, power supplies, programming devices, components etc so that others can get use and benefit from them instead of them gathering dust in a cupboard. Somewhere that i might get occasional access to a 3D printer, something which i cant justify just for myself. Somewhere i can meet up with other interested people to socialise, discuss ideas, and help share my experience of things like PIC microcontrollers, chainmail jewellery making, EL wire, and so on. I would love to hear what other people would like to use such a space for, and what kind of activities they might also like to see. From gerrit.niezen at gmail.com Thu Jan 24 11:54:36 2013 From: gerrit.niezen at gmail.com (Gerrit Niezen) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:54:36 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] What do you want from a hackspace? In-Reply-To: <1359024079.3210.23.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> References: <1359024079.3210.23.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> Message-ID: <6366383C-8671-44BE-B3B6-D097595B7E0A@gmail.com> I moved to Swansea about 5 months ago from the Netherlands, and was a bit surprised to see that there isn't a hackspace here yet. I think it's a great idea, and was actually discussing the possibilities of starting one up with my fianc? over the weekend. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Justin set up a mailing list and website around the same time! :) I'm an engineer, but haven't touched a soldering iron in ages. I recently started playing around with electronics again in my free time. I bought the necessary tools and components from Farnell and Maplin, and started soldering a board I got for free a while ago. Unfortunately I realised halfway through the project that I was missing two SMT capacitors, and discovered it's seemingly impossible to buy SMT components in Swansea. Shipping from Farnell is not worthwhile if you're only looking for two tiny components, and I don't have the funds to buy reels just yet. That got me thinking that if I had access to a hackspace, we could share reels between us. I would also love to build stuff with laser cutters and 3D printers. Previously I was doing a PhD in an Industrial Design department, where we had access to all these tools. Now, I wish I had made more use of them while I had the chance. So yeah, I love the idea of a Swansea Hackspace, as I would be able to share my experience with wireless sensor nodes, wearable computing, gesture recognition, digital electronics etc. Given that I have a very limited set of tools available, it would be great to have access to more things to make cool stuff! Cheers, Gerrit On 24 Jan 2013, at 10:41, Justin Mitchell wrote: > To stimulate some discussion, i will start by talking about my vision > for a hackspace, and the features i would like to see. > > > My wishes for a hack space is a place where i can go that i will have > the space to work on my little electronics projects, somewhere i can > leave my collection of tools, power supplies, programming devices, > components etc so that others can get use and benefit from them instead > of them gathering dust in a cupboard. Somewhere that i might get > occasional access to a 3D printer, something which i cant justify just > for myself. Somewhere i can meet up with other interested people to > socialise, discuss ideas, and help share my experience of things like > PIC microcontrollers, chainmail jewellery making, EL wire, and so on. > > > I would love to hear what other people would like to use such a space > for, and what kind of activities they might also like to see. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://stoneship.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace From justin at discordia.org.uk Thu Jan 24 12:08:47 2013 From: justin at discordia.org.uk (Justin Mitchell) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:08:47 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] What do you want from a hackspace? In-Reply-To: <6366383C-8671-44BE-B3B6-D097595B7E0A@gmail.com> References: <1359024079.3210.23.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> <6366383C-8671-44BE-B3B6-D097595B7E0A@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1359029327.3210.28.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 11:54 +0000, Gerrit Niezen wrote: > I realised halfway through the project that I was missing two SMT > capacitors, and discovered it's seemingly impossible to buy SMT > components in Swansea. Shipping from Farnell is not worthwhile if > you're only looking for two tiny components, and I don't have the > funds to buy reels just yet. That got me thinking that if I had access > to a hackspace, we could share reels between us. I used smt components on my last project and found that the easiest place to get small quantities of common components was ebay. But i agree it would be great to have a pool of components and the potential to group purchase stuff. From andy at andrewprice.me.uk Thu Jan 24 12:59:55 2013 From: andy at andrewprice.me.uk (Andrew Price) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:59:55 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] What do you want from a hackspace? In-Reply-To: <1359024079.3210.23.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> References: <1359024079.3210.23.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> Message-ID: <5101304B.7030703@andrewprice.me.uk> Hi all, On 24/01/13 10:41, Justin Mitchell wrote: > My wishes for a hack space is a place where i can go that i will have > the space to work on my little electronics projects, somewhere i can > leave my collection of tools, power supplies, programming devices, > components etc so that others can get use and benefit from them instead > of them gathering dust in a cupboard. Somewhere that i might get > occasional access to a 3D printer, something which i cant justify just > for myself. Somewhere i can meet up with other interested people to > socialise, discuss ideas, and help share my experience of things like > PIC microcontrollers, chainmail jewellery making, EL wire, and so on. Additional to some of the above... > I would love to hear what other people would like to use such a space > for, and what kind of activities they might also like to see. I'd like the hackspace to be a hub for the Swansea area's geeks and somewhere we can escape to and share our creative passions; somewhere we can show off how we shaved a few milliseconds off an algorithm, designed a new crochet pattern or plugged two unrelated technologies together to make a Frankenstein's Gadget and expect enthusiasm instead of eye-rolls in return. Somewhere we can learn new things from others and get feedback on our own ideas and experiments, but also somewhere we can just chill out and natter casually and aimlessly with other geeks. Or, less abstractly: a relaxed, secure, shared space with wifi and a workbench :) Andy From kais58 at sucs.org Thu Jan 24 14:03:03 2013 From: kais58 at sucs.org (Callum Massey) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:03:03 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] What do you want from a hackspace? In-Reply-To: <1359024079.3210.23.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> References: <1359024079.3210.23.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> Message-ID: <51013F17.7030901@sucs.org> On 24/01/2013 10:41, Justin Mitchell wrote: > To stimulate some discussion, i will start by talking about my vision > for a hackspace, and the features i would like to see. Perhaps it would be a good idea to arrange a gathering at some point to discuss what we all want to see/do with this when we get this rolling? Callum. From dancraggs at gmail.com Thu Jan 24 14:07:26 2013 From: dancraggs at gmail.com (Dan Craggs) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:07:26 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] What do you want from a hackspace? In-Reply-To: <1359024079.3210.23.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> References: <1359024079.3210.23.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> Message-ID: Component sharing sounds like a great plan. Have a money pot where people throw in some money if they use any perhaps. Also, grabbing a few dev boards would be a great thing. Not necessarily Arduinos, maybe a few MSP430s since they're dirt cheap to buy in as we're starting up and can be programmed in C/ASM. Dan On 24 January 2013 10:41, Justin Mitchell wrote: > To stimulate some discussion, i will start by talking about my vision > for a hackspace, and the features i would like to see. > > > My wishes for a hack space is a place where i can go that i will have > the space to work on my little electronics projects, somewhere i can > leave my collection of tools, power supplies, programming devices, > components etc so that others can get use and benefit from them instead > of them gathering dust in a cupboard. 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URL: From tswsl1989 at sucs.org Thu Jan 24 14:09:16 2013 From: tswsl1989 at sucs.org (Tom Lake) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:09:16 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] What do you want from a hackspace? In-Reply-To: <5101304B.7030703@andrewprice.me.uk> References: <1359024079.3210.23.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> <5101304B.7030703@andrewprice.me.uk> Message-ID: <5101408C.7070103@sucs.org> I'm pretty sure that everything I was going to suggest in terms of facilities has been covered more comprehensively by others. Personally, having other people working on projects is more likely to make me get around to working on the various ideas I've had floating around so I think I'm interested in that side as much as saving money on components and having access to tools and workspace. - Tom From ping at yfory.cc Thu Jan 24 17:31:39 2013 From: ping at yfory.cc (Edward O'Regan) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:31:39 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] RE: Hackspace Digest, Vol 1, Issue 2 In-Reply-To: <201301241200.r0OC03k2008088@stoneship.org.uk> References: <201301241200.r0OC03k2008088@stoneship.org.uk> Message-ID: Hey! Really glad someone has taken up the torch on this endeavour and happy to be a part of it. My goals are similar, I'd like to see a hackspace where I can hang out with fellow folk from software and hardware developers through self taught engineers to crafty types, contributing what I can along the way. I'd also like to see such a space offer out to the general community free workshops too, so for example on 3D printing (like most I can't afford one solely but as a community I'm sure we could), or hacking together a Pi to control all your home appliances, etc. Also having two young boys, I'd like to see them involved as much as possible too, so family friendly is a must. ... That doesn't mean Health and Safety zeal though; how will they learn engineering skills if they never get to build stuff? :) Diolch yn fawr, @EdwardORegan | http://yfory.cc > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:00:04 +0000 > From: hackspace-request at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > Subject: Hackspace Digest, Vol 1, Issue 2 > To: hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > > Send Hackspace mailing list submissions to > hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://stoneship.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > hackspace-request at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > > You can reach the person managing the list at > hackspace-owner at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Hackspace digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Welcome (Justin Mitchell) > 2. What do you want from a hackspace? (Justin Mitchell) > 3. Re: What do you want from a hackspace? (Gerrit Niezen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:25:52 +0000 > From: Justin Mitchell > Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Welcome > To: hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > Message-ID: <1359023152.3210.11.camel at quartz.geode.org.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hello there and welcome, > > This list and website are my attempt to round up all of the people in > Swansea who have expressed an interest in having a Hackspace / Makespace > in the city, and there have been quite a few. > > For those not familiar with the idea, a hackspace is typically a kind of > shared workshop space where people can go to tinker with and create > their projects, with access to a collective set of tools and resources > as well as the knowledge and help of others. These spaces are also often > used as a social, meeting, and educational place as well. > > This space, its running costs, and equipping it are all paid for from > funds raised by membership fees and donations, and would be run as a > non-profit or charity organisation. > > Please help the cause by spreading the word and reposting links to > everyone you think might also be interested. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:41:19 +0000 > From: Justin Mitchell > Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] What do you want from a hackspace? > To: hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > Message-ID: <1359024079.3210.23.camel at quartz.geode.org.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > To stimulate some discussion, i will start by talking about my vision > for a hackspace, and the features i would like to see. > > > My wishes for a hack space is a place where i can go that i will have > the space to work on my little electronics projects, somewhere i can > leave my collection of tools, power supplies, programming devices, > components etc so that others can get use and benefit from them instead > of them gathering dust in a cupboard. Somewhere that i might get > occasional access to a 3D printer, something which i cant justify just > for myself. Somewhere i can meet up with other interested people to > socialise, discuss ideas, and help share my experience of things like > PIC microcontrollers, chainmail jewellery making, EL wire, and so on. > > > I would love to hear what other people would like to use such a space > for, and what kind of activities they might also like to see. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:54:36 +0000 > From: Gerrit Niezen > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] What do you want from a hackspace? > To: hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > Message-ID: <6366383C-8671-44BE-B3B6-D097595B7E0A at gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I moved to Swansea about 5 months ago from the Netherlands, and was a bit surprised to see that there isn't a hackspace here yet. I think it's a great idea, and was actually discussing the possibilities of starting one up with my fianc? over the weekend. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Justin set up a mailing list and website around the same time! :) > > I'm an engineer, but haven't touched a soldering iron in ages. I recently started playing around with electronics again in my free time. I bought the necessary tools and components from Farnell and Maplin, and started soldering a board I got for free a while ago. Unfortunately I realised halfway through the project that I was missing two SMT capacitors, and discovered it's seemingly impossible to buy SMT components in Swansea. Shipping from Farnell is not worthwhile if you're only looking for two tiny components, and I don't have the funds to buy reels just yet. That got me thinking that if I had access to a hackspace, we could share reels between us. > > I would also love to build stuff with laser cutters and 3D printers. Previously I was doing a PhD in an Industrial Design department, where we had access to all these tools. Now, I wish I had made more use of them while I had the chance. > > So yeah, I love the idea of a Swansea Hackspace, as I would be able to share my experience with wireless sensor nodes, wearable computing, gesture recognition, digital electronics etc. Given that I have a very limited set of tools available, it would be great to have access to more things to make cool stuff! > > Cheers, > Gerrit > > On 24 Jan 2013, at 10:41, Justin Mitchell wrote: > > > To stimulate some discussion, i will start by talking about my vision > > for a hackspace, and the features i would like to see. > > > > > > My wishes for a hack space is a place where i can go that i will have > > the space to work on my little electronics projects, somewhere i can > > leave my collection of tools, power supplies, programming devices, > > components etc so that others can get use and benefit from them instead > > of them gathering dust in a cupboard. Somewhere that i might get > > occasional access to a 3D printer, something which i cant justify just > > for myself. Somewhere i can meet up with other interested people to > > socialise, discuss ideas, and help share my experience of things like > > PIC microcontrollers, chainmail jewellery making, EL wire, and so on. > > > > > > I would love to hear what other people would like to use such a space > > for, and what kind of activities they might also like to see. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Hackspace mailing list > > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > > http://stoneship.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://stoneship.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > End of Hackspace Digest, Vol 1, Issue 2 > *************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alan at etchedpixels.co.uk Thu Jan 24 17:44:24 2013 From: alan at etchedpixels.co.uk (Alan Cox) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:44:24 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] RE: Hackspace Digest, Vol 1, Issue 2 In-Reply-To: References: <201301241200.r0OC03k2008088@stoneship.org.uk> Message-ID: <20130124174424.40c3a69b@www.etchedpixels.co.uk> Lets try that again with the right From address.. 8) Be warned I've done H&S stuff ;-) There is a difference between zeal and thoroughness which is what is actually needed. I do have a half built 3D printer which for various reasons is unlikely to get finished in the near future and I'm sure it can become part of the hackspace (and provide a meeting or two of finish the damned printer, and one of calibrate it) I run a small model making business so my experience is mostly around etched parts, getting turned brass parts made, building masters for casting etc and to some extent in printing. In theory I also own a pair of plastic moulding machines one hand and one semi-auto both of which are lurking in the depths of someone elses storage space in Yate. Alan From dancraggs at gmail.com Fri Jan 25 15:18:40 2013 From: dancraggs at gmail.com (Dan Craggs) Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:18:40 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] What do you want from a hackspace? In-Reply-To: <51013F17.7030901@sucs.org> References: <1359024079.3210.23.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> <51013F17.7030901@sucs.org> Message-ID: To pick up on Callum's suggestion of meeting to discuss this, I'm up for that whenever people feel it's reached that stage. ("That stage" feels somewhat arbitrary.) Dan On 24 January 2013 14:03, Callum Massey wrote: > On 24/01/2013 10:41, Justin Mitchell wrote: > >> To stimulate some discussion, i will start by talking about my vision >> for a hackspace, and the features i would like to see. >> > Perhaps it would be a good idea to arrange a gathering at some point to > discuss what we all want to see/do with this when we get this rolling? > > Callum. > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.**org.uk > http://stoneship.org.uk/**mailman/listinfo/hackspace > -- D a n C r a g g s e: dancraggs at gmail.com e: dan at gfsoft.co.uk w: http://danc.me.uk w: http://www.plandmusic.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andy at andrewprice.me.uk Fri Jan 25 16:01:31 2013 From: andy at andrewprice.me.uk (Andrew Price) Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:01:31 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] What do you want from a hackspace? In-Reply-To: References: <1359024079.3210.23.camel@quartz.geode.org.uk> <51013F17.7030901@sucs.org> Message-ID: <5102AC5B.40601@andrewprice.me.uk> On 25/01/13 15:18, Dan Craggs wrote: > To pick up on Callum's suggestion of meeting to discuss this, I'm up for > that whenever people feel it's reached that stage. ("That stage" feels > somewhat arbitrary.) Well let's not get ahead of ourselves. I would prefer to build a clear agenda before we start organising meetings or we'll have nothing to discuss :) The way forward is pretty clear and we have to get the first few challenges out of the way before we can progress. The immediate goals being: 1. Build a critical mass of interested people 2. Find a suitable location for the space Those goals are obviously entangled in that the number of people we get on board puts a limit on our finances and thus on the rent we can pay, so we have to plug away at both of them at the same time. So let's have ongoing discussions about how best to achieve (1) and (2) and let's do it on-list so that nobody is left out. I'm not sure how many folks are on the list now but last time I nudged Justin it was around 20. How do we reach more people? Andy