[Swansea Hackspace] Using the hackspace as your own micro-factory

[Shaun Woodrow]

Hi Gerrit,

You may be interested in this ....

Nicola and I are just about to start a Cafe (signing the lease today
actually) ... Cafe Make which is in Pontardawe.

https://npttheatres.co.uk/pontardawe/cafe-make/

www.cafemake.org

https://sites.google.com/view/cafemake/pontardawe

https://www.facebook.com/CafeMakePontardawe/

Its all in the early stages and not open yet .. probably will be in early
August... but we would like to make things and hack stuff and have crafts
people there at different events.

We also would like to encourage tie ups with hackspace for people to meet
the experienced people and use the tools there if possible.

The link to the comment is we want people to make and show and sell their
wares if possible ... and to teach and learn ... also we intend to make
items like signs for the cafe in the hackspace.

Not sure how it will all work as I'm still learning to make cups of tea
properly ... but its hopefully an extension to the Maker movement in the
area?

Cheers

Shaun

On 13 July 2017 at 01:11, Gerrit Niezen <gerrit.niezen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there fellow hackspace members,
>
> Is the hackspace purely a place for people working on their hobbies, or is
> it a place where you can make things to sell as well?  At the moment the
> hackspace is very underutilised, given that the time that most of us have
> to work on our hobbies is either in the evenings or over the weekends. It's
> more the exception than the rule that someone is in there during the day.
>
> Are there some of you who not only want to use the hackspace to pursue a
> hobby, but maybe also use it as a springboard for a new business or making
> some money with a side project? Are you already a small business owner, or
> do you see yourself making things and selling them in the near future?
>
> And what are the things preventing you from currently doing so? I can
> imagine lack of time being the main reason, but maybe you feel that you
> lack some skills? Or is it just that you can't imagine making things at the
> hackspace because you don't feel that the equipment is reliable enough, or
> maybe there's a specific tool that you're missing?
>
> If you think you can answer some of these questions, I would like to hear
> them. I want to help make it easier for people to get started making
> things, and I want to know what the real problems are people are facing.
>
> I want those of us who would like to make things and sell them as a side
> project, or maybe even as a small business, to get together and discuss the
> problems and possible solutions for getting things going. How about getting
> a meetup running every first Thursday of the month, where we can have
> someone give a talk on what they would like to achieve, or maybe even on
> what they have already made and how they got where they are?
>
> If you are interested, please let me know what you think. If instead you
> think that the hackspace should only be for people to practice their
> hobbies and should not be used for producing things, maybe it's time to
> have that conversation as well.
>
> Cheers,
> Gerrit
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