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"Week 677 – New Oscilloscope, NixOS logo"

Each week we’ll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post. And remember, if you’re involved with DoES Liverpool at all, let us know what you get up to so we can include it here!

Wirral MakeFest

Wirral MakeFest is on Saturday 1 June – please get in touch if you’d like to volunteer on the day and/or have stuff to display. We had a great time last year and met some really interesting makers.

July Start Boost Membership

Find out more about our free Boost membership and apply here. Closing date for this round is 11:59pm on Sunday 16th June. Please share with anyone you think might benefit.

Things of Note

Making a #NixOS logo for #EMFCamp #NixCamp village, thanks to some free acrylic donated to @DoESLiverpool by Rebecca G. Hoping to have people paint the lambdas fun colors whilst in the field and adorn it with LEDs. Any other ideas? #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/nHDfJbUbws

— @matthewcroughan@defenestrate.it (@MatthewCroughan) May 25, 2024

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 27 May, 7:00pm-9:00pm	7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Wednesday 29 May, 7:00pm-9:00pm	Liverpool Revolutionary Communists
Thursday 30 May, 9:00am-6:00pm	Jelly Liverpool
Thursday 30 May, 7:00pm-9:30pm	Maker Night Our free weekly evening meeting where you can find out about our space and all the making equipment in it, get a laser cutter or CNC embroidery machine induction, and work on projects from physical computing and electronics to 3d printing, routing and sewing. Just pay for materials used.
Saturday 01 June, 1:00am-Monday 03 June, 12:59am	Wirral MakeFest

Somebody Should

The DoES Liverpool to-do list is stored in the issues of our Somebody Should repository on github. Head over there if there’s something you’d like to report, or if you want to help out fixing things.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 401 open, 1515 closed

1 new issue:

• Vacuum Cleaner in the Laser Room

Featured issue: Improve health and safety in the space. Can we move this on or close it?

1 issue closed:

• Should DoES get a modern digital oscilloscope?

Thanks amcewen!

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"Week 676 – Prototype TEM Cell"

Each week we’ll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.

And remember, if you’re involved with DoES Liverpool at all, let us know what you get up to so we can include it here!

Wirral MakeFest

Wirral MakeFest is on Saturday 1 June – please get in touch if you’d like to volunteer on the day and/or have stuff to display. We had a great time last year and met some really interesting makers.

July Start Boost Membership

Find out more about our free Boost membership and apply here. Closing date for this round is 11:59pm on Sunday 16th June 2024 Please share with anyone you think might benefit.

Things of Note

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 20 May, 7:00pm-9:00pm	7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Wednesday 22 May, 7:00pm-9:00pm	Liverpool Revolutionary Communists
Thursday 23 May, 7:00pm-9:30pm	Maker Night Our free weekly evening meeting where you can find out about our space and all the making equipment in it, get a laser cutter or CNC embroidery machine induction, and work on projects from physical computing and electronics to 3d printing, routing and sewing. Just pay for materials used.
Sunday 26 May, 2:00pm-5:00pm	Plastic Playgroup (DoES Workshop) In a world with mountains of plastic and molehills of play, let’s get our spades out and shift the balance.Make new things from abandoned plastic with us. Plantpots, purses … pedalos?Shred plastic. Blend it. Meld scraps together with a heat gun. Make sheets. Laser cut it. CNC it. Stitch potato bags together with soldering iron? Make fabrics with a regular iron? What have we got, what can we make? We don’t know – let’s figure it out!Two rules: 1. No Objectives – this is an aimless and wandering session.2. Bring Your Own Initiative – this is an active session and we’ll help you get creative. Every two weeks on a Sunday afternoon, between 2pm and 5pm.Facilitated by Plastic Tactics – follow on social for the latest updates, and to see what we make if you can’t be here in person: http://instagram.com/plastacs http://twitter.com/plastacs http://facebook.com/plastictacticsliverpool

Somebody Should

The DoES Liverpool to-do list is stored in the issues of our Somebody Should repository on github. Head over there if there’s something you’d like to report, or if you want to help out fixing things.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 401 open, 1514 closed

5 new issues:

• Add a sign to the less-accessible toilet door
• Resurrect the “doodle poll” to make sure that there is cover during working hours
• Wirral MakeFest – June 1 2024 – DoES Liverpool Stand
• Liverpool MakeFest – July 6 2024 – DoES Liverpool Stand
• Sheet material in the events room

Featured issue: Rear fire escape shutter is dysfunctional, does not close.. Can we move this on or close it?

No issues closed

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"Week 675 – Marbling, FOP, Boost Membership"

Each week we’ll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.

And remember, if you’re involved with DoES Liverpool at all, let us know what you get up to so we can include it here!

Wirral MakeFest

Wirral MakeFest is on Saturday 1 June – please get in touch if you’d like to volunteer on the day and/or have stuff to display. We had a great time last year and met some really interesting makers.

July Start Boost Membership

Find out more about our free Boost membership and apply here. Closing date for this round is 11:59pm on Sunday 16th June 2024 Please share with anyone you think might benefit.

Things of Note

Rosie has been experimenting with marbling recently, with some interesting results (some methods are more promising than others!). Get in touch if you’d like to join in!

Let's get over there and support @LivUniFOP #NotInMyName #weeknoteshttps://t.co/VGqaHNUUUP

— @alex@bobiverse.social (@embedded_iot) May 7, 2024

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 13 May, 7:00pm-9:00pm	7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Wednesday 15 May, 7:00pm-9:00pm	Liverpool Revolutionary Communists
Thursday 16 May, 7:00pm-9:30pm	Maker Night Our free weekly evening meeting where you can find out about our space and all the making equipment in it, get a laser cutter or CNC embroidery machine induction, and work on projects from physical computing and electronics to 3d printing, routing and sewing. Just pay for materials used.
Saturday 18 May, 10:00am-5:00pm	Merseyside Cycle AGM
Sunday 19 May, 11:00am-3:00pm	Repair Café – get your free ticket via Eventbrite

Somebody Should

The DoES Liverpool to-do list is stored in the issues of our Somebody Should repository on github. Head over there if there’s something you’d like to report, or if you want to help out fixing things.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 396 open, 1514 closed

1 new issue:

• Try out double sided sticky tape and t-pins on Fred embroidery frame

Featured issue: Write some tweets/FB posts/etc. the Fabric District can send out to tell people what we offer. Can we move this on or close it?

1 issue closed:

• Sheila failing to cut through 3mm perspex

Thanks huffeec!

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"Week 674 – Power Profiler, Heat Press"

Each week we’ll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.

And remember, if you’re involved with DoES Liverpool at all, let us know what you get up to so we can include it here!

Things of Note

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 06 May, 7:00pm-9:00pm	7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Tuesday 07 May, 6:30pm-9:30pm	Hack the Space Evening
Thursday 09 May, 9:00am-6:00pm	Jelly Liverpool
Thursday 09 May, 7:00pm-9:30pm	Maker Night Our free weekly evening meeting where you can find out about our space and all the making equipment in it, get a laser cutter or CNC embroidery machine induction, and work on projects from physical computing and electronics to 3d printing, routing and sewing. Just pay for materials used.
Saturday 11 May, 10:00am-5:00pm	Maker Day Our free monthly daytime meeting where you can find out about our space and all the making equipment in it, get a laser cutter or CNC embroidery machine induction, and work on projects from physical computing and electronics to 3d printing, routing and sewing. Just pay for materials used.
Sunday 12 May, 2:00pm-5:00pm	Plastic Playgroup (DoES Workshop) In a world with mountains of plastic and molehills of play, let’s get our spades out and shift the balance.Make new things from abandoned plastic with us. Plantpots, purses … pedalos?Shred plastic. Blend it. Meld scraps together with a heat gun. Make sheets. Laser cut it. CNC it. Stitch potato bags together with soldering iron? Make fabrics with a regular iron? What have we got, what can we make? We don’t know – let’s figure it out!Two rules: 1. No Objectives – this is an aimless and wandering session.2. Bring Your Own Initiative – this is an active session and we’ll help you get creative. Every two weeks on a Sunday afternoon, between 2pm and 5pm.Facilitated by Plastic Tactics – follow on social for the latest updates, and to see what we make if you can’t be here in person: http://instagram.com/plastacs http://twitter.com/plastacs http://facebook.com/plastictacticsliverpool

Somebody Should

The DoES Liverpool to-do list is stored in the issues of our Somebody Should repository on github. Head over there if there’s something you’d like to report, or if you want to help out fixing things.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 396 open, 1513 closed

1 new issue:

• 8mm collet broken on the Kinetic CNC Machine

Featured issue: Install the hatch between the kitchen and event room. Can we move this on or close it?

1 issue closed:

• Fire in Gerald

Thanks magman2112!