[Swansea Hackspace] RE: Hackspace Digest, Vol 1, Issue 2

Thu Jan 24 17:31:39 GMT 2013

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
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>    1. Welcome (Justin Mitchell)
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>    3. Re: What do you want from a hackspace? (Gerrit Niezen)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:25:52 +0000
> From: Justin Mitchell <justin at discordia.org.uk>
> Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Welcome
> To: hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
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> Hello there and welcome,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Please help the cause by spreading the word and reposting links to
> everyone you think might also be interested.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:41:19 +0000
> From: Justin Mitchell <justin at discordia.org.uk>
> Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] What do you want from a hackspace?
> To: hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
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> To stimulate some discussion, i will start by talking about my vision
> for a hackspace, and the features i would like to see.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:54:36 +0000
> From: Gerrit Niezen <gerrit.niezen at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] What do you want from a hackspace?
> To: hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
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> 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 fiancé over the weekend. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Justin set up a mailing list and website around the same time! :)
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> Cheers,
> Gerrit
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> On 24 Jan 2013, at 10:41, Justin Mitchell <justin at discordia.org.uk> 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.
> > 
> > 
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