Month: September 2024

Week 693 – Capacitance

16th September 2024
"Week 693 – Capacitance"

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

  • Adrian McEwen:Current status: trying to work out if hand-soldered vs. pick-and-place soldered on a 10pF 0603 capacitor will make a noticeable difference in the capacitance.(From experimental results it seems that it maybe does?)

    #weeknotes

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 16 September, 6:00pm-8:00pm 7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Tuesday 17 September, 5:15pm-7:15pm XR Liverpool
Wednesday 18 September, 6:00pm-8:00pm Etsy Meetup
Wednesday 18 September, 6:00pm-8:00pm Liverpool Revolutionary Communist Party
Thursday 19 September, 8:30am-4:30pm Women in Tech Liverpool Co-Working Event
Thursday 19 September, 12:00pm-1:00pm Community Meeting
Thursday 19 September, 6:00pm-8:30pm <a href=”https://github.com/DoESLiverpool/somebody-should/wiki/Maker-night“>Maker Night
Friday 20 September, 6:00pm-9:00pm Paraphysis Cinema
Sunday 22 September There won’t be a Plastic Playgroup at DoES Liverpool this Sunday, as Plastic Tactics have a stall at Wavertree Car Free Day – come and join us!

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: 416 open, 1528 closed

3 new issues:

Featured issue: Door handle of Room 29 is wobbly. Can we move this on or close it?

No issues closed

Week 692 – Making in Wales, Boost Membership

9th September 2024
"Week 692 – Making in Wales, 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!

October Start Boost Membership – Apply Now!

Find out more about our free Boost membership and apply here. Closing date for this round is 11:59pm on Sunday 15th September 2024. Please share with anyone you think might benefit.

Things of Note

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 09 September, 6:00pm-8:00pm7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Tuesday 10 September, 6:30pm-8:30pmPVTV Creative Meet Up
Wednesday 11 September, 6:00pm-8:00pmLiverpool Revolutionary Communist Party
Thursday 12 September, 8:00am-5:00pmJelly Liverpool
Thursday 12 September, 6:00pm-8:30pmMaker 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 14 September, 10:00am-12:30pmRepublic Merseyside
Saturday 14 September, 11:00am-5:00pmMaker 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.
Saturday 14 September, 2pm-5pmWardrobe Talks
The 2nd Wardrobe Talks topic is FANTASY, FEELINGS AND FUN
Dr Esther Pugh will speak about a charity shop experience.
She is a dedicated believer in the power of fashion as a force for good. A creative voice and catalyst, shaping a new generation of professional skills development for the fashion retail and marketing industry.
“My passion is fashion; mostly secondhand, circular, slow fashion and vintage…(I am fascinated by) the treasure-hunting aspect — the serendipity of discovering clothes you love where you least expect to find them.”
Come to join us on Saturday 14th September afternoon in DoES Liverpool.
Sunday 15 September, 10:00am-2:00pmRepair Café

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: 413 open, 1528 closed

2 new issues:

Featured issue: Aircon fault in the main room and room 29. Can we move this on or close it?

1 issue closed:

Thanks JackiePease!

Week 691 – Bike Embellishment, Debugging

2nd September 2024
"Week 691 – Bike Embellishment, Debugging"

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

  • Adrian McEwen:Got some time on the laser-cutter to test out my latest FreeCAD design work. Also got to use up some of the masses of waste cardboard packaging from the @museuminabox production run 😀Quite pleased with how it’s turned out so far. Now I can move onto the next stages.#BikeTooter #ibal250 #weeknotes #FreeCAD #LaserCutting #prototyping
    Screenshot of FreeCAD showing a roughly-triangular wedge shape with a slot cut in it and behind that the outline of the unwrapped mesh of the same shape
    A workbench with a cutting mat, some tape, a sharpie, a Stanley knife and a metal ruler. On the cutting mat is a flat sheet of brown corrugated cardbaord cut out in the shape of the unwrapped mesh from the CAD design. Next to that is a version which has been folded up to make the triangular wedge shape.
    A gravel bike with drop handlebars leans against a planter outside a brick building. On the handlebars, looking a bit like a head for the bike, is the assembled brown cardboard wedge shape.
  • Adrian McEwen:Got the Microbit and LED noodle fitted to it too and it’s starting to come together nicely.I’ve got IO for another two noodles, but holding off fitting them until more of the code is written.It’s not the brightest LED in daylight, which isn’t ideal, but we might be able to tweak the battery voltage, etc. to improve that. Need to work on the battery pack attachment more too.

    #weeknotes #BikeTooter #ibal250 #microbit #LED #prototyping

  • Adrian McEwen:Working out that my multimeter isn’t good enough to measure 10pF and resigning myself to swapping out a dozen various 0603 capacitors to work out which ones have been specced wrong.I guess that’s a simpler task than the swapping out a couple of hundred 0603 capacitors that I’m expecting will be the next step once I track down the bug.Though there’s a chance that’ll be the fab house’s problem rather than mine

    #debugging #electronics #soldering #weeknotes

  • Adrian McEwen:The detritus from today’s rework. Oh, plus a dead NFC board because it’s really easy to lift a 1.34mm long trace when desoldering the 0603 cap at one end of it 😀However, I found that two of the cap values were wrong. Four capacitors in total. I’m guessing the reels got swapped over when loaded in the pick-and-place machine?Anyway, broke out the #TinyTapeout QC stickers to celebrate solving the mystery of the poor antenna performance! 🎉

    #weeknotes #electronics #debugging #soldering #ibal243

    Close up of a workbench. A cluster of rectangles with silver ends is visible: a collection of desoldered 0603 (so 6 hundredths of an inch by 3 hundredths of an inch, or 1.5mm by 0.8mm) capacitors

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 02 September, 6:00pm-8:00pm 7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Tuesday 03 September, 5:30pm-8:30pm Hack the Space Evening
Wednesday 04 September, 6:00pm-8:00pm Liverpool Linux User Group
Thursday 05 September, 6:00pm-8:30pm 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.
Thursday 05 September, 6:00pm-10:00pm LivNUG (Liverpool Nix/NixOS User Group)
Sunday 08 September, 1:00pm-4:00pm 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: 412 open, 1527 closed

No new issues

Featured issue: Reduce the draughts in the space. Can we move this on or close it?

No issues closed

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Boost your Autumn

1st September 2024
"Boost your Autumn"

It’s time to launch the process for the next round of Boost Membership, this would be the cohort that will have their membership from October 2024 – March 2025.

If you already know what you’re doing then head over here to apply otherwise read on for more information about Boost membership.

Apply for Boost Membership

The DoES Liverpool Boost Membership was introduced to celebrate the 10th anniversary of DoES Liverpool – the amazing coworking and shared workshop space in the Fabric District of Liverpool. Boost membership gives two people the opportunity to use the space free of charge for six months either with an allocated desk or by having 24-hour access to the workshop.

As things continue to be difficult for people due to inflation, fuel prices and all the economic woes we’re dealing with at the moment we thought it would be worth pointing out that boost membership is open to anyone, even existing paying members. If 6 months free membership would help you out at the moment then feel free to apply, of course if you’re not already a paying member you are still welcome to apply.

Applications are open until 11:59pm on Sunday 15th September 2024, any applications received after this point will not be considered. We will endeavour to announce the winners as soon as possible afterwards.

We have a dedicated page with lots more information about Boost Membership so if you want to find out more just head over there and take a look!

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